December 1941 - Australia's darkest hour

The lives of a journalist, a teacher and one of the HMAS Sydney's crew are swept together and then torn apart by the tides of war

Historical Fiction 74,000 words

Murder and mayhem in the mountains

A medically retired police officer takes a job as Assistant Manager, Security at a ski resort

But his idyllic life quickly unwinds as industrial espionage and a high powered police task force arrive in the snow

Detective/mystery/thriller 44,000 words

The SS Catterthun set sail into a growing tempest as darkness fell on August 7th, 1895

The ship and most of her passengers and crew would not live through the night

She sank carrying a fortune in gold

Catterthun is the story of this tragic shipwreck and the courtroom dramas and power struggles that followed

It also tells the tale of the world record dives made attempting to salvage the Catterthun gold

Historical Fiction 71,000 words

A Scot, a highland crofter, survives the battle of Waterloo only to fall victim to the Highland Clearances

The survivors of his family are forced into the mines before deciding to emigrate to Australia

They travel halfway around the world only to find the same forces at work, and the mines waiting for them again

Historical Fiction 51,000 words

A hypothetical invasion of Australia

Why? By who? How could such a thing happen? How would it unfold? What would we do?

All the questions John Marsden's Tomorrow When the War Began left unanswered

Historical Fiction 80,000 words

Angeioplastis was an ordinary man, a potter

Last of the Mycenaeans follows his personal journey through the collapse of his Bronze Age civilisation

War, lust, love and loss all take their toll as the potter changes from a staid conservative to a vengeful revolutionary

But in the end, is there hope for the potter and his people?

Historical Fiction 48,000 words

Hamilcar Barca was the father of Hannibal and also the Commander in Chief of the Carthaginian armed forces

The Father is the story of Hamilcar's role in the first Punic War

264 BC: Brutal, uncivilised Rome has lashed out, determined to conquer older and more developed civilisations

One man stands between Rome and her goal of world domination

This is his story

Historical Fiction 143,000 words

Hannibal took over the family business; a Carthaginian empire built on Spanish silver

The enterprise had but one aim: to respond to Roman aggression with an attack across the Alps

Hannibal is forced into a war he doesn't want and, duty bound, implements his father's plan

The Son follows Hannibal's rise until he stands victorious astride the bloodsoaked field of Cannae

Historical Fiction 168,000 words