Author: William

Another great poetry book from John Campbell Gardiner. See other books available by John. The Dawn of Life and Other Australian Tales. Power of Plants. Antipodean Seasons.

Bronwyn Trotters 'Cedar Creek' – Book Two of The Trappers Promise trilogy, continues the intriguing story of Sarah Cole: A trapper, born and raised in the wilds of the Rockies. Winter has arrived with a vengeance! The trappers have left the mountain to get paid for their skins so they can get supplies to see them through next year’s trapping, but Sarah hates Cedar Creek. The day she and her son Thomas ride in, she clashes with new sheriff Christian Morgan, a man with a past he is trying hard to keep buried, and they become [read more...]

When 10-year-old James Pittar started having trouble seeing at night he could never have predicted that within a decade, his vision would be all but gone. For a kid that dreamed of representing his country, it was a hard blow. And for most people, it would have spelled the end of that dream. But not for James. Just a few months shy of his thirtieth birthday, James did what no blind person has ever done before – he swam the English Channel. It signalled a shift in his mindset – from that point onwards, he would never think of [read more...]

This is a reflective story about a woman by the name of Elspeth Abney who lived in the Australian High Country located in the Snowy Mountains, New South Wales and her life expressed in her very final moments of living. As the dying woman breaths in and out; transitioning through the sky gate to heaven, the story unfolds into a pictorial display of beautifying natural inferences. Elspeth’s life memoires are subtly sketched through memory nuances of the open plains and bushy scapes, a powerful bird of prey and other natural influences [read more...]

Secrets on the Lake is the poignant story of the struggles and successes of two remarkable sisters, Laura and Libby. Defying all odds the girls grow up battling their way through life with the support and love of their grandmother, who rescued them from their alcohol and drug addicted parents and instilled in them the values and character to overcome adversity and look beyond their world. Laura, the older sister, the main protagonist of this novel, pursues her dream of becoming an international lawyer working for the United [read more...]

Fisheries and Wildlife Officer Kirby Wellington has been promoted from head office to second in command at a country station. On his first day out of the office, on the real job, his new boss gives him some lessons and advice about the fish poachers he will encounter at Mafeking Bay. The boss calls them pirates who rape and pillage the fish resources and flout associated laws in that part of the world. He predicts that Kirby and Lincoln Campbell, the biggest pirate of them all, will cross paths in the near future. This [read more...]

'You don't want me to stop, you little shit. You want it,' he snapped. 'Yes, yesss, ohhhh, yesss,' he panted. I silently screamed. Failing at school, trapped in a loveless home, Graham is struggling with life. At fourteen he makes the decision to leave school and home. What follows is a series of misadventures as he escapes—an abusive father, a violent co-worker, a botched robbery, a near-fatal car accident and a sexual predator. Finding himself alone in a strange city he has to find a way to survive, but how? Who would [read more...]