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Beth Lowe has actively avoided her past for 14 years. Every action and choice is designed to reinvent herself. But as often happens with the past, it refuses to stay buried till it is properly laid to rest. Her relationship with her emotionally handicapped father is a practised charade; their family tradition is one of careful avoidance. But this carefully constructed peace is shattered when her father comes visiting. The unwanted memento is The Book of Summers, overflowing with reminders and frozen memories of those adventurous days. Beth was nine when Marika followed her heart and left England, her father and her for a better, new life in Hungary. Reluctantly, she the turns the pages of this book, forced to relive those seemingly magical seven summer holidays spent in Hungary. But what dark secret do those days hold, which truth is not documented? A beautifully written debut novel which explores how events in people’s lives shape and define who they are and the perspective that only time and distance provides.
wealthy venture capitalist and philanthropist Mark Steinberg announces to the world the revolutionary technology of Linguistic Pads, heralding the advent of thought to text technology. But Linguistics, Inc. is incredibly unethical, corporate espionage and privacy violations are company policy as they use their products to steal their users’ memories. Twenty six years later, Linguistics, Inc. has total market domination and is now planning world domination. All they need to make their dream a reality is the mystical Book of Thoth which contains the wisdom of the Gods. A small group of determined people stands between this soulless mega-corporation and the takeover of the unsuspecting human race. Led by Lance Michener, son of assassinated whistleblower Dr. Jesse Michener, they are hunted and risk death at every turn to destroy Linguistics, Inc. But will they succeed? This fast-paced action adventure novel spans the globe. There are secret agents, conspiracy theories, mind control and an intrepid hero, complete with a tragic past fighting futuristic technology and an evil corporation.
on July 25, 2001, Phoolan Devi was gunned down by masked assassins at her Delhi residence. As life ebbs out of her, she relives the arduous journey of her turbulent life. From the remote village she was born in where belonging to a poor low caste family meant being an easy mark to how she lashed out against these blatant injustices due to her fiery spirit. Then at the age of 11, being married off to a 36-year old who brutalised her. The many years she spent being shuttled back and forth, finally ending up in the ravines of the Chambal River with the bandits. Being forced to kill and pillage, living the life of an animal hunted by the authorities and rival gangs and, finally, her transformation from a persecuted 17 year old to the feared Bandit Queen. This is followed by negotiating surrender and even being elected a government official. The book is a fictional account of the extraordinary life of Phoolan Devi and chronicles her quest for control and power, while resisting society’s repeated attempts to dehumanise and subjugate her. And, finally, how she achieved the status of both an iconic and polarising figure.
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The Book of Summers
Secret of the
Scribe
The Ravines