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Meet the Barman, always smiling, eager to please. He has no past, no future, perpetually in the present, waiting to serve. But behind that barman mask, things have gone very wrong, and he has just twenty two pills to tell his story. This is a story of love, laughter, loss, sex, anger and hopelessness, each served up in a shot glass waiting for you to sling it back down your throat ready for the next. The story of the Barman, told from then and now, is a cocktail of confusion and a mirage of misleading mistakes. So pull up a pew and get comfy. Now what y‘avin?

Christmas: the most wonderful, overhyped, aggressively jolly time of the year. Meet Phil, a man who loves Christmas almost as much as he loves tearing it to shreds. As The twelve days count down, so does he, one chapter, one day, one festive absurdity at a time. From carols that make no sense, to the baffling origins of tinsel, he’s got opinions, facts, and a hangover to back them up.

1066 changed history. But it didn't kill the darkness. In an England where Harold Godwinson killed William the Conqueror and the Anglish Commonwealth has stood for a thousand years, one oath holds the realm together: No man or householder shall be yoked.

While on leave from the British Army, Captain Nelson receives devastating news regarding his niece's killer. He seeks justice for her and falls headlong into a world of violent European gangs, police corruption, and a decades-old family secret that connects everything. MI6 Agent Pascoe learns that Nelson's family holds the key to her current operation and will do anything to get him on side. But when he goes rogue, she has a choice: arrest him and tank her case, or join him and throw away the rule book.

Even though he’s worked his way to the top of the West Midlands criminal heap as right-hand man to crime boss Veronica Gaines, ex-cop Eoin Miller still has to deal with the dregs of the underworld to earn his pay. That’s why he’s dispatched to a low-end hotel to work damage control after a hooker kills a local lowlife. But when one of his comrades is mysteriously murdered at the scene, and a suspicious fire claims two more victims, a simple clean-up job turns absolutely filthy.

Now settled in Lincolnshire with his family, having given up his private investigator business, Randolph Landon believes he is done with the job. That is until Norman Parker comes along. Shortly after losing his wife, Norman’s son, Oliver, goes missing. Randolph decides to take on the case to help the grieving widower and discovers a strange symbol on the back of a photograph.

Welcome to Alos–a world torn between the thriving, magic-free lands of the North and the untamed, mystical realms of the South. Under the vigilant guidance of Sartum, the Unsundered, the North flourishes, protected from the dark corruption of magic by the Anchors–an ancient order with the power to absorb and eradicate malevolent forces.

Guy believed he’d found the answer to overcoming that bleak dysfunctional fatalism they all felt. Bottling up emotions isn’t good, he reasoned. So, he would do what ordinary people did and he would set up an emotional support group. It was only when the newest member joined the group that things started to happen. The tables were turning and the assassins found themselves being targeted. This wasn’t good, but at least it gave an opportunity to get away from the hotel that served the worst tea imaginable.

Generations ago, a fateful decision was made that set events in motion that could destroy everything. Now, the unsundered god Sartum is determined to undo that choice, and it's up to an unlikely group of heroes to stop him.

Faithless Street is a collection of four short stories that set the scene for the novel Old Gold, the first book in the Eoin Miller Trilogy. Each story is set in the Black Country, in the English Midlands, and shows glimpses of people's lives as they try to make ends meet amidst gang life, drugs deals, and Roma camp evictions.

In a world where the gods hold all the power, Layten and his friends thought they understood the rules. But after being captured by the most powerful caster in Alos, Calmar, they find themselves trapped in a land where magic reigns supreme. With Vilom still plotting to carry out Sartum's task, Layten and his friends must navigate a world they never knew existed.

After narrowly surviving a vicious knife attack, gangland detective Eoin Miller thinks he’s earned a break from hunting down thieves, runaways, and stolen drug money. But when crime boss Veronica Gaines tips him off to a particularly sensitive new case, his Romani blood won’t let him say no.

Shunned for their connection to the evil that is magic, Anchors are not welcome anywhere in north for long. The ability to absorb magic, to destroy magical creatures, and even "see" magic will eventually drive them mad, and lead to their entering the descent, a place where they all eventually must go.

Layten and his friends Hopwell and Wix are somehow still alive, though not anywhere they want to be. After the battle of the Guardians in the House of Knowledge everything Layten thought was upended, as the Priest Vilom, the "Voice of Sartum" has started a crusade. A crusade to end the threat of magic, once and for all.

Half-Romani detective Eoin Miller finds people for a living—usually people who would do anything to remain hidden. Ironic considering Eoin has done all he can to lose himself in a downward spiral that has cost him his job, his respect, his wife, and anything else that ever mattered. But he’s not inclined to dwell on what he’s given up, and Eoin prefers it that way.

Generations have passed since the Unsundered god, Sartum, destroyed the City in Blue, the center of mortal use of magic. The betrayal of Sartum by William Reis and Myriam VolFar in the waning hours of that conflict has shaped the world of Alos and continues to do so. In the south, magic runs free. Though mostly bound to magical creatures and places, mortals are able to use the power that flows through the very land and its people. In the north, the lands are clean from the infection of magic.

Welcome, brave listener, to a tale of curses, kingdoms, ancient magic… and at least two people who desperately need a vacation but are far too heroic for that. You are about to enter the seven kingdoms—lands that have been cursed for thousands of years, which is honestly a bit dramatic, but here we are. Hope, however, has arrived in the form of Queen Sealyn of Elysium: bearer of uninfected blood, wielder of destiny, and professional overachiever. If anyone can lift this ancient curse, it’s her… probably.

Born deaf and discovering encroaching blindness at the age of 16, Anthony Lawton’s future appeared to be full of locked doors. Prejudice. Delayed education. Distorted speech. Limited sight. But when benign strangers intercede and inner gifts reveal themselves the opportunity to pursue a childhood dream of speaking and participating in mainstream society become a realisable vision. He would need to do this before the consequences of dual sensory loss would again close the doors.

If letters addressed to you were being left at the crime scenes of a notorious serial killer, what would you do? Rory is a killer on a mission. They will stop at nothing to find the killer of their precious 'El'. They don’t care what or who they have to take out to get answers. If that means taking out a few unfavourable people along the way and making sure to leave Detective Stone a little love note at every scene, then so be it. Detective Stone has been in the detective business for over ten years. Nothing fazes him anymore, well, until Rory shows up that is.

Escorting Eric is Rob Radcliffe’s hugely anticipated sequel to debut novel Meat Market, and this time it is Stu’s turn to tell the story. Stu’s best mate Greg has just been dumped and Stu has taken it upon himself to show Greg the way back to singledom. This is Stu’s calling. The professional male escort has found a protégé to mentor.