When the woman he loves is killed, Joseph Amaru's peaceful family life is torn apart and a tsunami of rage rises in the former Ugandan child soldier. Fuelled by grief, his need to avenge her death brings to the surface long-forgotten skills. As he wages a personal war to rip apart the two powerful mafia families responsible for his loss, they never suspect the threat is coming from an unassuming African immigrant selling fake designer bags from a pavement in Naples, Italy. But the cost of ...

Leia Walsh feels disconnected and troubled by dreams in which she is lost in a dark, dangerous world. After a passionate encounter which leaves her senses on fire, she questions her sanity, especially when a former lover is mysteriously slaughtered and she finds herself the target of supernatural forces.

Narrating Midlife: Crisis, Transition, and Transformation is rooted in a discussion about why it is important to address the midlife years in ways that challenge and interrogate the myths that surround this phase of life. Although readers are free to construct their own meaning after reading each narrative, they are encouraged to attend to the ways in which each narrative reveals how the author grapples with their particular issues communicatively. More important, readers are invited to se...