Edited at the end of April, this is the third instalment in this gripping hard science fiction series.
Following the 2030 discovery of quantum spolding (space folding), interstellar exploration becomes a possibility. NASA, together with private space exploration companies, begin work on the complex physics, technology, and hardware to turn it into reality.
After a test flight to Mars, more hazardous than anyone anticipated, the starship Spirit and its two Rimor shuttles set off for the dwarf red star, Trappist-1, almost forty light years from the solar system. Haven, the fifth Trappist planet, has continents and seas, icecaps, glaciers and mountains, but the ubiquitous plant life they find is, at first, dull and uninteresting.
However, it doesn’t take long for them to discover that Haven isn’t a place on which to find shelter. It does, in fact, have the most terrifying secret, only discovered during the last day of the expedition. As realisation dawns, Mark and his team end up in an existential struggle.
When they finally appear to have resolved their disastrous visit to the planet’s surface, they discover an even bigger surprise awaiting them in orbit. It promises so much. Could it be enough to revitalise the whole mission and turn failure into success?
Harmsworth’s Mark Noble Space Adventures, of which Trappist-1 is book three, contain no space battles, or fantasy environments, but follow real science as closely as possible. Having said that, in order to travel between the stars, there must some suspension of belief to allow for the development of quantum spolding, for which Tony requires your forgiveness. Who knows, though, whether it might foretell the future?
In this story, Tony blends hard science fiction with a large dollop of imagination, and a substantial pinch of horror to add flavour.
100,000 STOLEN GREENBACKS AND A MAN-HUNGRY POSSE As gunfire boomed overhead, lead flying every which way, Mississippi grabbed the money sacks, jamming them into Butch’s saddlebags. His own horse was a step or two away–too far to worry with the cash. He could be shot down in that distance. He gave Butch’s horse a hard slap on the rump. The mare leaped forward, then took off running. Mississippi jumped into his saddle and sank spurs. How had he gotten roped into riding with this greedy, bloodthirsty gang? If he ever saw an out, he’d damn sure take it.
Edited in April 2020 this is a gripping psychological thriller.
Will a priest give up his promise to God in order to find the son he never knew he had?
Monsignor Kevin Devlin is on a fast track to the top of the Catholic Church until he learns that the son that he didn’t know he had fathered has disappeared.
The search for the boy tests his faith as it leads him into a world of strip and sex clubs, sex traffickers and paedophiles.
Along the way, he has to seek redemption from the brother he wronged.
The brothers must work together to prise the boy from the hands of the men who hold him, and Devlin must face the ultimate challenge to his future as a priest.
The Monsignor’s Son is a combination of a fast-paced and psychological thriller. If you like either of these sub-genres, then this book is for you.
Edited in April, this psychological thriller keeps you guessing.
Tim Collins is terrified of deep water. But he has no idea why.
Michael Firth, a former lighthouse keeper on Scotland’s west coast, barely remembers a disturbing, tantalising woman from his past. And now dementia is blurring more than just the edges of that memory.
Sara Palmer knows the reason for Tim’s phobia and remembers her brief, passionate time with the lighthouse keeper as if it were yesterday. With a new name, she forged ahead with her life, leaving Tim and Michael to pick up the pieces without her.
But thirty-five years on, all three of their lives are about to collide.
Thirty-five years ago, there was talk of attempted murder. Has Sara changed? And if she hasn’t, will anyone remember in time?
Domestic suspense meets dark psychological thriller.
Edited in April, this is a gripping psychological thriller that will keep you turning the pages.
She’s dead. Why would she lie?
Days before her murder, Anthony’s friend, Lottie, lent him her laptop. Curiosity getting the best of him, he clicks on a file and finds videos recorded by her in the year leading up to her death. Within those recordings, she exposes dark secrets someone will kill to keep hidden, and Lottie’s toxic relationship with Anthony’s long-time friend, Davian.
When Anthony’s childhood friend, Davian is placed under arrest for the murder, Anthony refuses to believe he could do such a thing but Lottie was infatuated by Davian. More damning evidence piles up, Anthony wonders if it’s possible a man he’s known for most of his life has kept a sinister side of himself hidden.
Now, Anthony faces an impossible choice; turn the laptop over to the police and risk being accused of hindering the investigation, or try to solve the case himself. Lottie gave him the computer for a reason. There was something there she wanted him to see. Can he put the pieces of the puzzle together in time to uncover the killer?
Another wonderful and humorous instalment in the Guesthouse on the Green series as Mammy and Moira travel Vietnam.
I love the series and can't wait for book four!
A quick but emotional read - reading about the cruelty to the dog was heartbreaking but this was a lovely tale of the love and healing that animals can bring to our lives.
I would have given five stars but for the missed typos - a few t...
I get the impression that this could be a nice story but I've had to give up after forcing myself to go as far as 15% of the way through. If this novel has ever been near a remotely professional editor then the author was conned.
Chapte...
Another very enjoyable story but with a few niggles, hence the four stars rather than five. Maybe it's because I was tired but the editing issues grated on me more than in the first story and, do people really generally believe that 'ear...
