Martii MacLean Martii MacLean i(9917013 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 Mile High Martii MacLean , 2019 single work short story mystery
— Appears in: Short Stories of Mystery and Murder 2019;
1 The Clockwork Prince Martii MacLean , 2019 single work short story fantasy
— Appears in: Short Stories of Forest and Fantasy 2019;

'An invincible steel-warrior built for war but with a heart that does not want to kill.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 y separately published work icon Unreal Time Martii MacLean , Birkdale : Kooky Cat Books , 2018 19810032 2018 single work novel science fiction

'Time-loop traps, mutant marsupials and cyber-teen renegades-the future will never be the same again. Things are tough for Deon since he moved from the city to Moran's Cove. He doesn't surf and he hasn't figured out how to fit in. Deon's calculated he has 517 more days until he graduates and is done with the bullies at his new high school. Or maybe he'll get lucky and be kidnapped by aliens. One afternoon while Deon's out for a run after school, something much freakier happens. He's dragged into a swirling, static vortex. The air crackles around him, he's to the ground and everything's in darkness. He's surrounded by weird androids, who are chanting his uncle's name. His world tilts again, pulling him back through the static storm and the sun's shining. Is he going nuts? Then his uncle disappears and the only clue about what might have happened is another glowing crackling vortex, this time in the backyard behind Uncle Nifty's deserted house. Deon dives through the shrinking portal. He's surrounded by the crushing static. It feels like he falls forever. When he finally hits the ground, he has been transported into a strange and ruined future. Everything is gone, his uncle's house, the town, everything around him is devastated and flooded. He hears a cry in the distance and searches frantically for is uncle. All he finds is a broken pencil, he uncle's pencil, pointing in the direction of the far off voices. Running through the swampy remains of Moran's Cove, Deon tries to make sense of what could have happened. Could he somehow be in the future? Maybe he is going nuts? He finds more markers and runs on, searching, into the dense rainforest surrounding his ruined town. Suddenly he is cornered by tree-climbing mutant marsupial creatures that growl, creeping closer, until Deon is trapped between a rock ledge and their gnashing teeth. There seems to be no escape from the frightening weirdness and then the humans drop out of the trees wearing shining exoskeletons, some fly down on massive powered wings and the weirdness ramps up. Lucky for Deon, these are the good guys and he is invited to team up with this group of environmental cyber-rebels. He fights alongside them and their mutant marsupial guard-pets to help free some of the missing team members and then, together they search to recover Deon's uncle. In this bizarre and dangerous future Deon sees the fate of Earth, the environmental destruction that changed his world forever. He meets a strange new thinking machine that is working to repair the world and he discovers shocking secrets about his own fate and what awaits him when he returns to his own time to face in his own, impossible to believe, future.'

(Source: publisher's blurb)

1 y separately published work icon We of the Between Martii MacLean , Birkdale : Kooky Cat Books , 2017 13838582 2017 single work novel young adult science fiction

'But there can't be creepy blue guys visiting Whitlam Station, because there's no such thing as creepy blue guys.The world is changed, now it is poisoned. The seas have warmed and risen to flood the land. Trin is part of a team that defy the dangers of the ferocious seas at the new coastline to help heal the oceans. But now Trin is hearing voices from the stormy sea. Is she sick or crazy? Rilla has lived hidden deep in the ocean all her life. Challenging her father's rulings, she will take the catalyst to transform and ascend, leaving the world of the Abrax forever so she can help the walkers heal Mother Ocean. When two strangers arrive on the high tide, Trin and Rilla's lives will change forever. Their fates will be intertwined in the place between two worlds.'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Weird Weirder Weirdest : A Collection of Quirky Tales Martii MacLean , Birkdale : Kooky Cat Books , 2017 11023164 2017 selected work short story

'Come this way, just beyond the here and now. Come travelling through these tales and... ...discover who is pushing notes through the peculiar crack that appeared in the desk... ...see how things change when Ryan realises his watch can stop time... ...follow the whispering cat into the cake shop for some treats that will do the trick... ... meet Dylan, who has a magic pen that spells trouble for anyone who writes with it... ...find out what happens when children choose to disobey the law to become friends ... ...see if Beth's enchanted running shoes will help her become a winner or a loser... ...join the patch-work girl's search for the magic that will make her real... It's not too far, just beyond the here and now.' (Publication Summary)

1 y separately published work icon If I Die before I Wake Martii MacLean , Birkdale : Kooky Cat Books , 2016 9917041 2016 single work novel fantasy young adult

'Vreni is fifteen and cursed. The curse was placed on her grandmother centuries ago and has been passed down through the women in her family, so Vreni has slept and woken at the whim of the curse since her birth over a century ago. She is kept isolated from the world by her reclusive family, and yearns for a normal life- shopping, boys, even just being allowed to go to school. Her family grant her wish to spend a day in the city and her sheltered, predictable life unravels.

'To ensure her family's safety, Vreni has been asked by their magical guardians, to join then, and learn the secrets of their magic, and face their family's evil enemies so that she can help them retrieve the last few drops of the sleeping potion from the evil alchemists who created it. If they possess these last drops they can create an antidote that will set Vreni and her family free from the curse.' (Publication summary)

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