Terry's life lurches from crisis to crisis as she runs a 1,000 acre farm, alone, plagued by poverty, constant sabotage, theft, overdue maintenance and corrupted law. She and her likewise besieged neighbours, finally decide to act. Into this turmoil comes Gary, injured and needing help. He tries to help Terry but there is a problem. He is an uncorrupted cop and due to constant theft, most of Terry's income is illegal. There follows a dance of hide and seek mixed with legal and illegal hunti...

We were ordered by our government to leave. At gunpoint is how it felt. That's all staff and patients to leave our families, homes, friends, country and our world. Why? Because our government had seen a danger coming and this was how they had prepared for it! Because our hospital was needed as a quarantine facility and because our nursing knowledge was required on another world. If we did not obey these orders, we would be deregistered and forbidden to work. Worse, we knew the other world ...

This book is a memoir, the story of my life in nursing, mostly psychiatric. It contains case histories, tragedies and comedies. Detailed, are some of the changes I have seen in nursing. Principally, nurses are burdened by unnecessary and overwhelming paperwork at work and it follows them home. Paperwork makes nursing expensive and inefficient. Less patients are treated at far greater expense. This wasn't the case when I first started nursing. In my opinion. I give the causes, reasons, moti...

The majority of these 39 stories are true; the others based on fact. They describe where something does not go to plan, has unintended consequences, an outcome goes to plan via a circuitous route or the objective is achieved but the process was complex, achieved by devious means, or had an off script outcome. The kindness of a stranger solved one dilemma. Several accounts describe the hazards of dyslexia for me and those around me, mostly me getting lost which is a normal part of my life. ...

For Ron, the sudden death of his father causes an eruption of regret. His life is full of missed opportunities, unhealed and partial relationships, lies, deceptions, and decisions that cause guilt and remorse. For Roslyn, her difficulties in life are worsening as she becomes homeless and unemployed. Desperate for herself and her baby, she seizes a chance that seems gift-wrapped. Both Ron and Roslyn are unaware of the killer. The mutual impacts of each other on the lives of all three interw...

Sophie lives in New Zealand. She has been dominated and abused by her husband Colin for decades. But now her life is at a turning point as her and her children's financial future is threatened. Her husband intends to gamble more and more of their assets. He ignores her wants and needs. She wants to act but is afraid he might kill her this time. She has brave friends ready to challenge him, who have been planning, scheming and organising. But Sophie struggles with any independent action. Sh...

Jolene's husband Duncan, left her for a younger blonde, leaving her much poorer and with two kids to raise on one income. Jolene finally decides to get revenge on her ex but it appears all is not as it seems. There is much more to Sally, the other woman, that it appeared. And much more that Jolene had not known about her ex. Betrayal, recovery, sabotage, new love and delicious revenge result from good friend's, research and planning. And then along came Covid 19 to throw a virus into the m...

The Oriwikk have been fighting an undeclared financial war against the Ailiss for at least eleven years. The Ailiss have no Allies. The six people in the unarmed ship are considering fighting through publicity and shaming, finance, cyber warfare or anything else they can think up. A military war is not possible. It's not very advisable either. The ship has been delayed for years due to Torroxell, their planet of origin, having been involved in it's own takeover bid by the Keulfyd, another ...

The survivors of the war on Torroxell face a multitude of problems including injuries, domestic animals urgently needing farmers, a yukky diet, being outnumbered by hostile Alien prisoners and a mix of six Races with six agendas. Add exhaustion, incoming Niseyen with a vastly different culture and a potential approaching hostile Battle Fleet from the Keulfyd with revenge in mind because the weaponized virus accidentally escaped Torroxell and was spread to other planets. The Terrans copped ...

Michel continues to struggle with his Psi abilities, his true identity, his wish for revenge, his fight with the media which is just beginning and his wish to find the woman he loves, another telepath with whom he has been communicating for thirteen years without knowing who she is because she does not wish to be found. And his obsession to get Jules, the woman who ordered his and his mother's kidnapping and death, sharpens as his new abilities increase his options. He yearns to kill Jules...

In Psi force, The Final in the Trilogy, the search for Jules becomes planet-wide as the reward for her capture sky rockets up past the million. Meanwhile, Michel is struggling to find out where he fits in; to family, work, society and love. Miranda, his mother, sets up Psi Force, calling it a detective agency, but its prime mission is to capture Jules. Recruits with Psi and other abilities, knowledge and training come from the space station refugees. But with them come the effects of slave...

Alien Checkmate parallels Alien Backlash as Terrans, Zeobani and two Cats fly to Petislay for Contact and help minus an instruction manual or lessons. Problems resulting include life support wasn't switched on. On arrival, individuals welcome them but authorities don't; they are not granted citizenship. Az, Kaz, Kelly, Li and Stella, now a tight knit group, become embroiled in a sinister mystery and have to flee. Helene, Mayling and Nanelle go back to Torroxell with help and Donny, Dan and...