Bøger af Ross Richdale

On the planet of Delpe, eighty light years from Earth, 1300 human settlers, descended from a stranded starship crew, have been at war with the crucnon, the native intelligent species of insect creatures, for seven generations . When a flying female named Jaddig Qarte crashes in human territory she is befriended by human, Holly Jurjevics, Generation 7 Leader. Holly finds the clicker (as humans call them) a compassionate creature with high moral values, not the ruthless killer expected. It is discovered that Jaddig is genetically related to Holly but how can this be so? And why has this information been suppressed by earlier human generations? Who are the crucks, a new species who attack both the human settlement and the Crucnons? How will the humans survive after being squeezed between two enemies? Will the long lost Earth bases and shuttle craft, their one hope of leaving the planet be found? And what of Jaddig and the thousands of her hybrid species? Where do they belong?

The bees that attack a group of students at a graduation party are far from ordinary. Every student is stung once in the neck, except Madison who is stung twice. When she wakes up she finds she is in a new strange place called Buckoway but still remembers Earth. Her friends have no memories of home. Buckoway is a strange hybrid of modern and old civilizations. There is electricity but no motor vehicles, aircraft or firearms. It is as if something wanted to recreate a simple society but with modern health and living facilities With wagonmasters Hamish and Sean Madison she sets out to find the reason she has been transferred to this new world. Madison awakes again to find herself back on Earth and again with her friends. They, however, have no memory of this Buckoway. There are two versions of her friends. She alone seems to travel back and forth between her two existences whenever she awakens. She attempts to find the reason for this strange situation.

When Rhett intercepts a stranger, Shelley in his holiday home it becomes apparent that she is not just an intruder caught in the act of illegally trespassing. They travel through a space-time portal where they are met by Dee, their twelve-year old daughter that they never knew existed. Dee is desperate for her brother, Corwin to be rescued. He has been caught in a trap set by the girifa, the reptilian equivalent of humanity. In this world, humans are the aliens. They befriend fellow travellers, who help them in a seemingly haphazard quest. However, their lives appear to have been predetermined with a destiny that will affect not only present day Earth but also the future. Rhett and Shelley learn that the enemy are not the girifa but humans living a parallel world from their ancestors' time. But who is really in control? Journey through the time portal where time, space and parallel worlds intertwine with an ultimate disaster that only Rhett and Shelley can halt.

Reid Tucker's intention to spend the summer at Eagle's Claw Lake in northeast Washington State with his dog, Cinders, never eventuates. On the trip there, pilot Kate Meltz calls in with the amphibian to a commune at the other end of the lake. While waiting on board, Reid pulls a desperate teenage girl, Lorie, from the water. This begins a frightening chain of events as fanatical commune leader, Peter Littlejohn, tries to find Lorie and prevent her from leaving. Though he doesn't find her on the aircraft, he sabotages it so the trio are left stranded at Reid's cabin. It is obvious that the place is more than just a remote religious commune. The girl is terrified of being caught and begs Reid to look for Jennifer and Sassy, two of her friends who have also escaped. Though pursued by Littlejohn, Lorie leads Reid and Kate to a cave where the girls are waiting. But why has Erika, Lorie's elder sister, returned to the commune and is found savagely beaten in a cabin cruiser ?

The search of a millennium is over. Computers aboard Starship Omega find a planet with water and oxygen to sustain humanoid life. It is over populated, polluted and has one social problem; forty eight percent of the human population are males, well beyond the one in a thousand necessary on Planet Delta to maintain the sperm banks. However, the humanoids aboard cannot be kept alive for the two hundred years required to find another solar system so the journey must end. Alterations are needed in the humanoids' metabolism. The women need to understand English for a landing in Australia, the most unpolluted continent the computers can find. Sensations and emotions are changed back to natural; after all, a bearer needs emotions more than on the home planet. It is time to arouse prepare Pazz for life on Earth while cloned sister Kylina, now 22 not 12 as remembered by Pazz, can be kept in reserve. There is also Lunol, from a primitive preindustrial planet but he is male and doesn't count.

From Canadian fir forests, oaks of England and onto the fern bush in New Zealand, this family saga centers around four forthright, liberal women, spans five generations, three continents, two world wars, and one hundred years. In present day New Zealand, Nicole receives an ancient diary from her Canadian grandmother, Cindy that she begins to read. It begins in 1898 with Amanda's elopement with beloved Jack and her struggle to survive and prosper away from a domineering father. Over the years, Amanda develops a publishing empire. Her daughter Dorothy, a nurse serving in World War 1 England, falls in love with a soldier about to be court-martialled for desertion from the Western Front. Will he be shot? In World War 11, Cindy becomes a Land Girl in war torn England and tragedy strikes their family. Each period in time is filled with drama, joy and tragedy to vividly illustrate the determination of the women and their families.

In 1999, Kosovo refugee Niana Bolsa is abandoned by the Serbs to fend for herself in the mountains. In freezing temperatures she staggers along an empty road through virgin snow. At the point of near collapse she comes across a tractor and trailer by the roadside with two terrified children hiding there. Their grandparents have been shot and mother taken away. Determined to save the children, Niana takes them and heads for Albania. With all records destroyed, nobody queries her right to the children and they emigrate to New Zealand. Matt Coleman is attracted to the new tenant of his New Zealand shop, Niana Bolsa, when she opens a food bar adjacent to his antique and furniture factory. Niana is reluctant to commit herself beyond friendship and says little about her life. Eventually, friendship between Niana and Matt blossoms into passionate love as they and Niana's foster children become a family. But the terror so prevalent in Niana's past surfaces again...with vengeance.

When Sunset Grove Primary's Headteacher, Bree Ashworth goes to help teacher Jenny Dench in her classroom she is attacked by an intruder. The attacker escapes and Bree is taken to hospital. Her husband Colin arrives and tells her he is leaving to move from London with his mistress Linda Rouke. Bree has bookings to attend a reading conference in New Zealand over that country's summer vacation. With double tickets bought and Colin gone, she invites Jenny to come with her. In New Zealand the small commuter aeroplane they fly in crashes in thick bush country. The pilot is killed and Jenny and Bree try to survive by themselves. However, all is not lost, for a tramper in the bush, Ray Barnett and his dog, Pattie find them. Police in England tell Colin, Bree has been involved in an air crash and is missing. Colin abandons his partner and flies out to New Zealand but his intentions are not those one would expect from a worried husband....

Coffee & Chat is a contemporary novel that follows the life of Nicole Turner after she resigns from her Associate Principal position at Conway Intermediate School in Auckland, New Zealand. In her opinion the school is heading in a downwards spiral after a new politically correct principal, Danielle Plier, attempts to replace the technology section, part of Nicole's responsibility, with ethical and climate change studies. Dustin Harris, the chairperson of the school's Board of Trustees can't dissuade Nicole from leaving but instead her asks her to take a year's leave of absence. She agrees but this decision affects her later in the year. Nicole loves the early morning baking at Coffee & Chat, her coffee shop where her new life is in complete contrast to the stress of the position she left. One stormy winter morning she meets Rhett Fleming, a local lawyer who drops in for a coffee. Friendship soon grows into romance when they find they have much in common.Shelby Fleming, Rhett's wife who he recently divorced has had affairs since their separation but is jealous of Nicole and becomes a problem. She has turned to drinking and finally goes to Alcoholics Anonymous where she meets Floyd Willis, a quiet guy there. They begin an affair before the horrible truth about what he is really like is exposed. The Coffee & Chat shops are expanded when Rhett suggests licensing their trademark, which is an easier method than offering franchises. Soon, their shops appear in the supermarkets and malls around the city. Conditions are agreed to by the licensee and a percentage of the firm's profit pay for the naming rights. Nicole enjoys her expanded business and the opportunities involved.Unexpectedly in November, Dustin Harris calls in and tells Nicole that Danielle Plier has resigned and she is invited to become acting principal until the end of the year. She reluctantly accepts and replaces 'politically-correct' changes with the traditional ones. These include allowing Christmas to be celebrated and the annual end of year dance is reinstated. Her reputation is popular and falling numbers of new entrants enrolling for the next year are halted. She does, however resist applying for the permanent principal's position but does help find a suitable principal. Danielle Plier hears about the changes, blames Nicole for her own downfall and vows revenge. But what can she do? She seizes an opportunity but later regrets her actions. Floyd, a womaniser and fraudster meets his match when he answers the door and is shot by a woman who blasts him with a shotgun. The police need to find if this assassin is Shelby or somebody else. Though Sergeant Mike Pinfold is convinced the murderer is Shelby, his superior Detective Inspector Gail McBride orders a wider investigation after a worker cutting grass in a ravine near the city discovers a shotgun. Shelby contacts Rhett and asks for his help as a lawyer after she is interviewed over the murder. She insists she never killed Floyd even though she found out he was also having an affair with another woman from Alcoholics Anonymous and he has impregnated them both. Also he lied about who he really was and even his name and occupation is faked. But is Shelby responsible? And what does Danielle Plier do to revenge Nicole? Also, how does Nicole's Coffee & Chat business continue to grow?All will be revealed in this exciting romantic thriller.*