Cirrus@Austlit

'Privileged and entitled, David Phillips, realised he had to mend his ways when he faced, not one, not two, but three, crossroad moments in his life. First, he suffered under the guilt of shouldering the blame for losing a crucial rugby game. Second he has to deal with the shame of a drunken episode with a woman who steals him blind during the night, and third, when he is confronted with the very real possibility of losing his place at Oxford university because of poor results.

'Determined to reclaim himself and concentrate on his studies, David joins the SAS reserves. Initially treated with disdain by the hierarchy; he redeems himself by leading the team that rescues an SAS Sergeant - one of their own - from a group of terrorists.

'With his appetite for risky enterprises whetted and possessing a unique ability to innovate solutions to difficult situations, David finds himself involved in a series of adventures, including a brief affair with the estranged wife of his commanding officer. He also leads a team of commandos to rescue a British 'businessman' from a group of Jihadis in Kenya.

'Now married with two children, David finds himself at Webster's, a large and successful financial advisory firm. He concocts a scheme to flush out the perpetrator of an attempt to steal highly confidential information. His subterfuge, in the guise of an apparently spontaneous office affair, has far-ranging implications that put his marriage, his career and even his life in jeopardy.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Smart beautiful, sometimes uncouth Tanya is now the leader of The Settlement, following the death of her father-in law and mentor David. Tanya's leadership is tested by: other surviving enclaves taking advantage of the leadership change to attack The Settlement; Dealing with her serially unfaithful husband Mark;  Contending with the ambitions of brother-in-law General Jonathan Bower, head of the Australian military who wants The Settlement under military control.

'In a series of increasing violent confrontations, The Settlement, in very difficult situations, overcomes all challenges and manages to ensure that the military finally falls under civilian control, represented by The Settlement.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'The third book in the 'Winds of Change' trilogy features Kamau, the Nusu-Nusu (Half/Half) son of Peter and Rafiki.

'The novel takes us through Kamau's first uncertain steps at a now non-racial primary school in Nairobi. It gives a detailed description of his initiation into adulthood as a Kikuyu tribesman and how he unwittingly exploits that. He follows his half-brother and attends Oxford University and is selected for the England rugby side. There he clashes with one Hannes Roux who is a member of the last South African rugby team to tour the UK prior to the political changes that occurred in South Africa in the 1990's. Roux is a member of the South African security police.

'Kamau is inevitably drawn into the conflict in South Africa, so the story takes us back to Kenya and into Tanzania, Botswana, Angola and South Africa itself.

'This is a gripping and fast paced story and deals in detail with the brutality of the South African security forces and the conflict and corruption of the people fighting that ghastly regime.

'Whilst the story is a novel and the people imaginary, the background is altogether authentic: the author has either lived in or has visited all the countries and places mentioned in the book. (Publication summary)

''What The Crocodiles Don't Eat...is a sequel to 'No Happy Valley' in the 'Winds of Change' trilogy.

The reality of Uhuru, for which Peter and Rafiki fought so bravely, hits them hard when they discover a number of corrupt practices within Government and the Police.

From temperate Nairobi, to the inhospitable forests of the Aberdares, the steamy shores of Lake Victoria and the tropical ports of Dar-es-Salaam and Mombasa, the story takes readers through the tribulations of trying to stop the corruption, which includes the abduction of their precious son, Kamau.

Many of the characters involved in 'No Happy Valley' have a role to play in this fast paced adventure story, which results in the capture and conviction of the perpetrators of the corruption.

'The story is authetic, although all the characters are imginary. The author spent his youth on Kenya and knows all the places discussed in the book.' (Publication summary)

'No Happy Valley (Book one of 'Winds of Change trilogy).http://amzn.to/zNGzwi.

'A story of struggle, conflict and passion set in 1950's Kenya during the Mau Mau insurrection.

'Peter Lawrence battles to build a place of his own in the raw African bush,but the Kikuyu men who work for him are secret members of the Mau-Mau determined to take back their country.

'When Peter's wife Jenny dies in an accident he falls in love with Rafiki, a beautiful Kikuyu woman, and finds himself ostracised by his own people.' (Publication summary)

'This is the way the world ends: not with a bang but a fifteen metre WAVE! The Ross Ice Shelf in the Antarctic, a lump of ice about the size of France, is forecast to collapse into the sea creating a fifteen metre tsunami that will race around the globe destroying much of the world as we know it. This dire prediction, made by the British Antarctic Survey, New Zealand Scientists, and the Pentagon is ignored by most of the world's population; but not by beautiful, smart Tanya who has worked her way up from poverty to the top of Sydney society, or, to her surprise, by her father-in-law David Bower. They persuade the family to abandon their happy, fulfilled lifestyles to create a secure settlement in the Blue Mountains, enabling them to survive the catastrophe but witness the complete destruction of Sydney and all of Australia's coastal cities. From this, the depths of despair, they find ways to start to rebuild the vibrant society that once existed.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'An exciting adventure story set in South Africa in the mid-nineteenth century at the time of the discovery of diamonds... Why are the white invaders 'gathering like ants in a rainstorm' seeking little white stones 'that cannot be eaten and cannot have children?' Mpande, King of the Zulus, sends tribesman Mapitha and two companions to the Kimberley diamond diggings to find out. After three years, many adventures and clashes with the invaders, particularly Fritz Koekemoer, the original discoverer of the diamond field, Mapitha returns alone to the Zulu heartland. There he finds the new King Cetshwayo, in conflict with Sir Theophilus Shepstone, self-styled 'White Father of the Zulu people' conspiring to take over the independent Zulu nation with the help of the British army.' (Publication summary)