Hippolyta was a great Queen and a much-feared warrior, enslaving men to serve her and her army of Amazon women, and leading the army against anyone who threatened to disrupt her realm in the true traditions of her ancestors whose exploits had become legendary. Respected and feared by all, she was furious to hear that a large detachment of Attila the Hun's army was looting and pillaging her villages.As she set about tracking down the evil Hun, she was startled to come across a small...

After the Tuscan Sunset is the brutally funny and sharp-witted counter-narrative to the romanticized Italian dream popularised by books such as, Under The Tuscan Sun.

Ian Johnstone didn't just survive childhood trauma —he dismantled it.Victim, Survivor to Thriver is not a memoir dressed up as inspiration. It's raw, darkly funny, and brutally honest.A lived account of what it takes to move from victim, to survivor, to something stronger. No clichés. No soft edges.Just practical tools, hard truths, and a clear path forward —for anyone ready to stop Surviving and start taking control.

Part memoir, part self-help, and all truth, this book charts one man's journey from deep trauma through survival to something more vital: thriving.Told with unflinching honesty and laced with dry humour, Ian Johnstone dismantles the clichés of academic and pseudo psychology that promotes the commercial recovery culture and survivor identity. Instead, he offers readers grounded tools for facing the past without being defined by it. Through personal stories, often visceral commentary...

Lord Douglas Ahearn Stuart (Ahearn = Scottish Gaelic for Lord of the horses) has now turned thirty but still at war with the bad part of the Clan Douglas. James Douglas is in prison but his three cousins that Ahearn crossed and lost them their jobs are still out for vengeance. They once again pick on Morag (Lady Stuart) dragging her name through the mud, but she has a general fighting her case that surprises Ahearn.Andrew is still translating the diary of the first Lord Douglas Ahe...

Peace had arrived once more to the port and village of Hippolyta. The rogue Vandal army had been destroyed, and Vinzenz the evil commander in the Vandal army had been burned at the stake the previous night. Queen Echephyle and Queen Hippolyte had started their punishment for defying Hippolyta, Queen of all Amazons. They almost got Danilo the barbarian and Queen Andromache killed by not affording them an escort when returning from the imminent battle in the east.As it was every morn...

Marie is still giving Ahearn [Douglas] cryptic clues to what might take place in his life. She has still not given him a direct yes or no to any of his questions and is leaving him more confused after appearing to clear his mind than he was before she appeared.Lady Lindsay will not allow Andrew or Kevin to investigate new buildings without her being there with them. Kevin is still messing up most of Andrew's theories to his annoyance, and Andrew is now visiting Lady Armstrong most ...

As told in the “The Dunce At The Back Of The Class”, William was an unwanted child. He was mistreated, beaten, mentally abused by his father, his brother and by his teachers, and yet he fought back – not physically, but with a sold determination to succeed that led to him joining the Parachute Regiment and, against all odds, passing through the training to take his place among the elite Special Forces.This second book tells of his time as a soldier, his postings to trouble spots an...

Two years had passed since Hippolyta’s Amazon warriors had defeated a rogue general leading a large contingent of Attila’s army and subsequently dealt with the treachery of the Alani. Now the village that was Hippolyta’s home and from where she ruled her realm was becoming an active port on the Black Sea and an important point on major trade routes. But all was not peace and tranquillity. The Alani armies were growing, and even if Hippolyta made a pact with Attila, the Alani might prove di...

From 1960 to 1990, islands across the Pacific gained independence or self-government. In the years following this, Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles interviewed the Pacific people in key leadership positions in the lead-up to and achievement of independence, many of whom became well-known in the Pacific and more widely. This book presents a nation-by-nation history of this change from being colonial subjects to citizens of Pacific nations from the point of view of the leaders involved. Acco...

As young Hippolyte comes of age, Queen Hippolyta’s realm is facing a new threat after many years of peace. A small army of unknown warriors, led by a general who seems not far short of totally insane, is robbing and burning villages, and killing the villagers.Will Hippolyte’s inexperience prove disastrous when she leads her mother’s armies to try to save the villages and destroy the invaders? Will she rely on the help and advice of her barbarian hunters, or will she think that she ...

Something very evil and very powerful was somewhere in the mountains. Warrior could feel it. It threatened the balance of the worlds, beyond the control of the Gods of Asgard.There would be a battle. It was inevitable, and Warrior knew it, a war in the Outer World that would have far-reaching consequences. This malevolent power was alien. It came from beyond the realms, beyond the territories of Earth, and yet it would use all the evil so long confined in the Underworld, calling ou...