Volume 1: Mr Charalambus and The One Soul
The first in a trilogy, Mr Charlambus and The One Soul is a story about a young man on a journey to find himself. It is about love, friendship and kindness.
"A young man is barely alive. He is lying in a ditch and has no clear memory of who he is or how he got there. Revived with the last two drops of an elixir by Cora, a healer with whom he has an instant mutual attraction she charges him with the task of re-filling a silver phial with the healing tears of the fabled Wolf-Dragon. Accompanied by Lightning, a broken down old horse with the gift of speech and a need to regain the power of flight he embarks on a journey of discovery, betrayal and redemption. He is confronted by his connection to earlier times and learns of his relationship to Josep, a hard working loner who has spent much of his young life drinking and talking to an invisible friend.
In this parallel story Josep meets an exotic stranger known as Mr Charalambus, a mysterious and enigmatic man with an unusual hypnotic personality, who may or may not be the Devil. He acts as benefactor to the poor boy and introduces him to the trappings of wealth and society whilst promising the hand of his niece the Lady Karina. Guided by Charalambus the young Josep steps into a strange new world of privilege in which wealth confers power and the expectation of obedience. One day whilst investigating an enchanting orchard he has an electrifying encounter with Karina to whom he is instantly attracted. He also discovers that she is a ‘one-soul,’ as well as a healer of great power and keeper of the Wolf-Dragon tears."
Released 26th September 2012
"A young man is barely alive. He is lying in a ditch and has no clear memory of who he is or how he got there. Revived with the last two drops of an elixir by Cora, a healer with whom he has an instant mutual attraction she charges him with the task of re-filling a silver phial with the healing tears of the fabled Wolf-Dragon. Accompanied by Lightning, a broken down old horse with the gift of speech and a need to regain the power of flight he embarks on a journey of discovery, betrayal and redemption. He is confronted by his connection to earlier times and learns of his relationship to Josep, a hard working loner who has spent much of his young life drinking and talking to an invisible friend.
In this parallel story Josep meets an exotic stranger known as Mr Charalambus, a mysterious and enigmatic man with an unusual hypnotic personality, who may or may not be the Devil. He acts as benefactor to the poor boy and introduces him to the trappings of wealth and society whilst promising the hand of his niece the Lady Karina. Guided by Charalambus the young Josep steps into a strange new world of privilege in which wealth confers power and the expectation of obedience. One day whilst investigating an enchanting orchard he has an electrifying encounter with Karina to whom he is instantly attracted. He also discovers that she is a ‘one-soul,’ as well as a healer of great power and keeper of the Wolf-Dragon tears."
Released 26th September 2012
An enchanting and imaginative journey, 24 Nov 2012
""Within reading the first few pages of this book I was hooked, I found myself following the journey of the characters and looking forward to reaching each new chapter. I loved the descriptive narrative and found myself lost in each page not wanting to come back to the 'real world' in which I live! I found myself wanting to live in the fantasy world in which Josep had found himself in, hoping to see and speak to Lightning, the talking horse and see Froggat in the flesh to see if he was really was as disgusting and vulgar as described, even to encounter Charalambus, one of the main characters that Josep met on his journey whom I feared but enjoyably so, if that was at all possible.
The imagination of the author obviously knows no bounds, and I found myself reading at every opportunity just so I could find out what happened in Josep's perilous journey, and then looking forward to the next installment with excitement and anticipation.
I would highly recommend this book if you want to be taken on an enchanting and imaginative journey into an unknown world of fantasy and fiction."
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""Within reading the first few pages of this book I was hooked, I found myself following the journey of the characters and looking forward to reaching each new chapter. I loved the descriptive narrative and found myself lost in each page not wanting to come back to the 'real world' in which I live! I found myself wanting to live in the fantasy world in which Josep had found himself in, hoping to see and speak to Lightning, the talking horse and see Froggat in the flesh to see if he was really was as disgusting and vulgar as described, even to encounter Charalambus, one of the main characters that Josep met on his journey whom I feared but enjoyably so, if that was at all possible.
The imagination of the author obviously knows no bounds, and I found myself reading at every opportunity just so I could find out what happened in Josep's perilous journey, and then looking forward to the next installment with excitement and anticipation.
I would highly recommend this book if you want to be taken on an enchanting and imaginative journey into an unknown world of fantasy and fiction."
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Volume 2: When a Tear Falls
The day Lightning tore through a clear blue sky changed everything.
One day after work as Joseph walks through an east London park to his car, the sky is torn in two. A large tear tumbles to the ground and suddenly he is confronted by an old friend: It is Lightning- a living breathing magical creature and proof that quantum physics is more than just a theory. Also and quite naturally he is a talking, flying horse and carries Joseph through a portal into a parallel world.
Meanwhile the appearance of a flying horse ridden by a well known psychologist over the streets of London does not go unnoticed. Via camera phone and news media it sweeps the world and leads to a horrifying series of near disasters for Joseph’s wife Kiera, a surgeon at the Royal London Hospital.
In a parallel story of earlier times, Dogbiddy the little tailor who was able to buy back the family business when the evil Lord Charalambus intervened on his behalf is convinced his old employer, the bully Froggat, was transformed into a fat old frog. Although life has been good for Dogbiddy and his family he cannot rest with this belief on his conscience and embarks on a quest to have the charm removed.
The three strands move alongside each other to a final blistering confrontation with evil.
Released 6th October 2013
One day after work as Joseph walks through an east London park to his car, the sky is torn in two. A large tear tumbles to the ground and suddenly he is confronted by an old friend: It is Lightning- a living breathing magical creature and proof that quantum physics is more than just a theory. Also and quite naturally he is a talking, flying horse and carries Joseph through a portal into a parallel world.
Meanwhile the appearance of a flying horse ridden by a well known psychologist over the streets of London does not go unnoticed. Via camera phone and news media it sweeps the world and leads to a horrifying series of near disasters for Joseph’s wife Kiera, a surgeon at the Royal London Hospital.
In a parallel story of earlier times, Dogbiddy the little tailor who was able to buy back the family business when the evil Lord Charalambus intervened on his behalf is convinced his old employer, the bully Froggat, was transformed into a fat old frog. Although life has been good for Dogbiddy and his family he cannot rest with this belief on his conscience and embarks on a quest to have the charm removed.
The three strands move alongside each other to a final blistering confrontation with evil.
Released 6th October 2013
The One Soul Final Volume: Into The Grey
It was so nearly a good day. It started with a kiss and ended like a slap in the face.
And so for Joseph, a Consultant Psychologist and his wife Kiera, a gifted surgeon, the nightmare begins. A late night phone call from the mysterious Commander Mudd, a member of the security services, breaks a romantic interlude. And just why did he call so late at night, with so trifling a request, when it seemed that all he wanted to do was to arrange a meeting with Joseph?
But Mudd was a clever man. He deliberately planted a seed and hoped once it took root it would grow like bindweed.
‘It was just one article in a psychology journal.’ Joseph began, trying to remain calm and indifferent. ‘Written in haste…after a significant trauma…Perhaps it shouldn’t be taken too seriously…they were after all, just dreams.’ The article focussed on the possibility of two aspects of the same being continuing to exist in parallel. Joseph was convinced sharing his somnambulistic experiences would promote a debate and other people would come forward to support the notion. But that did not happen and other than a few oddball responses his writings had slipped through unnoticed and without comment:
Until yesterday.
‘Oh…on the contrary Joseph...’ Mudd’s voice oozed from the speaker, wrapped itself around Joseph’s brain and virtually forced him to pay close attention. ‘I am sure you believed what you wrote then and you believe it now…The strange thing is…so do I.’
Warned by the odious Charlie Lamb, of Mudd’s true intent, Kiera and Joseph take flight and so it begins. A deadly game of cat and mouse, traversing the ancient and historic land of the Prince Bishops, from Durham Cathedral, to the icy seas off Holy Island, in the furthest and bleakest reaches of north east England.
Kiera and Joseph seemed destined to be caught until the arrival of an old friend, Lightening, a larger than life-talking and flying horse. Saved from the clutches of the ever more frightening and murderous Mudd, they travel together, through a worm hole and enter the comparative safety of a parallel world.
But things go from bad to worse.
Once again Joseph comes face to face with the terrifying evil of The Dark Lord. And with the help of the other One Soul, Karina, the daughter of the Lord of Light and her few remaining comrades, he finds that he is the protagonist in a final, heroic battle to save the world.
Released February 2015
And so for Joseph, a Consultant Psychologist and his wife Kiera, a gifted surgeon, the nightmare begins. A late night phone call from the mysterious Commander Mudd, a member of the security services, breaks a romantic interlude. And just why did he call so late at night, with so trifling a request, when it seemed that all he wanted to do was to arrange a meeting with Joseph?
But Mudd was a clever man. He deliberately planted a seed and hoped once it took root it would grow like bindweed.
‘It was just one article in a psychology journal.’ Joseph began, trying to remain calm and indifferent. ‘Written in haste…after a significant trauma…Perhaps it shouldn’t be taken too seriously…they were after all, just dreams.’ The article focussed on the possibility of two aspects of the same being continuing to exist in parallel. Joseph was convinced sharing his somnambulistic experiences would promote a debate and other people would come forward to support the notion. But that did not happen and other than a few oddball responses his writings had slipped through unnoticed and without comment:
Until yesterday.
‘Oh…on the contrary Joseph...’ Mudd’s voice oozed from the speaker, wrapped itself around Joseph’s brain and virtually forced him to pay close attention. ‘I am sure you believed what you wrote then and you believe it now…The strange thing is…so do I.’
Warned by the odious Charlie Lamb, of Mudd’s true intent, Kiera and Joseph take flight and so it begins. A deadly game of cat and mouse, traversing the ancient and historic land of the Prince Bishops, from Durham Cathedral, to the icy seas off Holy Island, in the furthest and bleakest reaches of north east England.
Kiera and Joseph seemed destined to be caught until the arrival of an old friend, Lightening, a larger than life-talking and flying horse. Saved from the clutches of the ever more frightening and murderous Mudd, they travel together, through a worm hole and enter the comparative safety of a parallel world.
But things go from bad to worse.
Once again Joseph comes face to face with the terrifying evil of The Dark Lord. And with the help of the other One Soul, Karina, the daughter of the Lord of Light and her few remaining comrades, he finds that he is the protagonist in a final, heroic battle to save the world.
Released February 2015
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Introducing, The First Wave
Love is my drug. But then so is writing. It always has been. For a while I tried to deny it and life got in the way. But the truth was the log-jam of ignored words was just waiting to tumble out. I am hardly unique. We all have words. They hide in our unconscious process and float into our stream of consciousness. It is an endless flow that washes through us all to a greater or lesser degree. The trick is to catch hold of each word as it rushes past and splash around in the order a little.
Here is a collection of Daily Missives which started life as postings on Facebook until encouragement from my friends and community led to their publication.
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Here is a collection of Daily Missives which started life as postings on Facebook until encouragement from my friends and community led to their publication.
Available Now
Amazon US Paperback $5.99
Amazon US Kindle $2.03
Amazon UK Paperback £3.47GBP
Amazon UK Kindle £3.47GBP
Kobo