Cirrus@Austlit

'Dawn Meredith has created an evocative, rich world where the senses are tingled and love is deep as the Norwegian fjord itself. 

'All her life Freya has been told that the havfruer of the deep fjords are dark angels who lure children into the water and drown them. But Freya is certain that if she sings a havfrue to the shore, they can be friends. To her surprise and joy, it works! Meanwhile, in Freya’s family, secrets come to the surface and all the adults are upset. Freya’s sister Lisbet suddenly becomes angry and depressed holding in a secret of her own. And so Freya seeks comfort and advice from Lorelei, her havfrue friend, that no one else has seen. When her sister falls into the cold waters and is in danger of drowning, can Freya really trust this mysterious, oddly beautiful creature to help? Or will Lorelei choose the darker side of her nature?

 'No matter what conflict simmers in the Askvold family, the ties are strong and the patience to persist in healing wins out.' (Publication summary)

'A circle of salt on the ground, a wooden talisman and the ravings of an ancient mad woman - is it enough to free him from being haunted by his dead twin brother? Only the Whispering Stone, the sentinel, high up on Damage Cliffs, has the answer.
It's happened before. It will happen again. There is a debt to pay. A beautiful, sad-eyed girl says she's his cousin. His best friend says he's a selfish jerk and the girl he's in love with won't speak to him. Welcome to Harry's world.' (Publication summary)

'A wounded flying hero struggling to accept his destiny, a shy girl of dark, mysterious secrets unaware of the power within her and a lonely youth out to prove himself worthy of his warrior father. A race with dragon DNA suffer under malevolent overlords, dreaming of a hero to set them free. But what they get is a handsome young joker more interested in breaking the rules than breaking free his people.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'This book contains a collection of short stories and poems; something for everyone. Fifty-five in number, these are wide-ranging in scope and style, describing lives - both real and imagined - in a variety of countries; Tasmania features prominently, yet other countries are encountered as well, such as Brazil, England, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, and Zimbabwe.' (Publication summary)

'A family of very successful cat burglars is finally caught and offered to work as spies for secret government agency PHANTOM. Only their family robot, a six foot metal man named Roger knows the truth about PHANTOM. He was a counter terrorism cyborg built there. As the family goes on their first mission Roger is being secretly modified by the creepy Professor Withers. When Roger returns to the family he is no longer a friend to their young son Ollie. He has now been implanted with the emotion chip - making him unpredictable and dangerous.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'[P]aranormal crime story of Delia Fox, a 19 year old woman who has a dangerous gift - she can read the memories of the recently dead. Working for the police to solve mysterious deaths she herself becomes a target when her evidence helps to send criminals to jail. Delia speaks for the dead but who will protect her from the living?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Charlie has no money, but at The Anything Shop it doesn't matter. He can SWAP things he doesn't want. Charlie swaps two years of embarrassing hugs for a cricket bat that hits six runs every time.

'But things go wrong at school and Charlie soon misses all those hugs from his family. Can he swap them back? And what's really going on at that weird looking shop?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.