The Emperor’s Coloured Coat
Historical Fiction In early 1912, the hapless Lieutenant Otto Prohaska finds himself stuck as a gunnery officer aboard a battleship mostly moored in harbor. He answers a War Ministry advertisement for training as a naval air pilot, but he soon finds himself appointed aide-de-camp for aviation to the appalling, boorish, near-insane Austro-Hungarian heir-apparent: the Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Having taken an [...]
A Sailor of Austria
Historical Fiction In the spring of 1915, a young Austro-Czech naval lieutenant Ottokar Prohaska finds himself posted to the minuscule Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Submarine Service in the Adriatic port of Pola.There follow three and a half years of desperate World War One adventures fighting for the House of Habsburg aboard primitive, ill-equipped vessels, contending not just with exploding lavatories [...]
The State Counsellor
Historical Fiction The State Counsellor Russia, 1891. After the new governor-general of Siberia has been murdered on a train from St. Petersburg to Moscow, State Counsellor Erast Fandorin finds himself accused of the crime. The only way for Fandorin to save his reputation is to find the mysterious CG - and the government mole who is feeding him information. Can [...]
Brothers in Arms by David Leadbeater
Mysteries / Thrillers Brothers in Arms by David Leadbeater While en route to investigate an assassination threat, Drake and Mai Kitano are blown out of the skies and marooned on a deserted island. Meanwhile, assassins stalk the streets of Washington DC and civilians are being murdered for no apparent reason. Time is running out, and Drake and his team are thrust [...]
The Tomb of the Gods by David Leadbeater
Mysteries / Thrillers The Tomb of the Gods by David Leadbeater Matt Drake and his team ignite a blazing trail of destruction as they chase madmen and traitors across the globe. From the destruction of an L.A. skyscraper to a desperate battle on board a Swiss train, from a crazy car chase through Hollywood to a covert assault on a secret [...]
The Gates of Hell by David Leadbeater
Mysteries / Thrillers The Gates of Hell by David Leadbeater Matt Drake sets out to cancel the blood vendetta imposed by the underworld linchpin, the Blood King. Revenge, terrible and personal, drives Drake in his quest to stop the man who has become his nemesis. With nothing more than an ancient map left behind by Captain Cook, Drake and his team [...]