The Last Survivor

The astonishing tale of Spottedfur the Wildfire Cat begins with Survivor Clan, Windwarrior, Ricky, Saphi, and Freya.

Adventure through a world where conch horns blow, there is no time for speeches, and the armies of Windwarrior and Survivor Clan start silently forward. Take a stand alongside them as dawn rises on a new world, where heroic friendship and action-packed tragedy break through to a new beginning...

‘Suddenly, a horn rang out over the treetops. It was a distress signal from Survivor Camp! They were in trouble...’

‘We must fight...Who will stand?’ For a moment, silence, then a lone voice called, ‘I will stand...’

‘Spottedfur heard a soft tapping. She looked over to the window, and there perched a blue jay, its beak tapping, tapping, tapping against the window frame. Spottedfur smiled...’

‘Violence is rarely the answer,’ he would say, ‘but when it is it, my sweet little cat, fight with everything you have...’

The Last White Witch

The Last White Witch begins to chronicle the life of a seemingly average British schoolgirl from South London, called Poppy, who possesses such weird magical powers that she is suspended from school.

She learns that her Aunt Emily is her biological mother and her mum is actually her aunt, and is double whammied with the news that she is a witch. Poppy leaves home, changes her world and starts a new school at the Three Sisters School of Witchery for Black Witches.

Poppy forges new friendships, comes face-to-face with her arch nemesis, experiences fantastical events and meets mythical monsters, like the Medusa, whom she must defeat on her first night at the boarding school. Blindly unaware that she is in fact the last White Witch and heiress to the White Witch kingdom, she will have to be the toughest young witch you have ever met. She will have to be the new female badass version of Harry Potter who’s more than willing to take on the bullies, ultimately save the White Witches from extinction and bring about a new world order. A big ask for someone who is just a geek-freak from Croydon.

The Maliau Caves Adventure

Sebastian and his family live in Central New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Not far from Sebastian’s home are huge mysterious caves, the Maliau Caves; an underground land, lost in time, known only by clan elders and through the retelling of stories and legends from local villagers. Maliau is a Pidgin word for eel. The caves were also known by the villagers as ‘The Bat Caves’. One day while exploring in the jungle Sebastian discovers a sinkhole which leads to the entrance of a cave. It contains incredible formations and ancient engravings. While standing near the stream that runs through the cave, a gigantic shadow slowly swims towards him... a spirit eel... a Maliau!

Sebastian excitedly runs home and then returns to the cave’s entrance with his brother Ashton. Their young sister Khloe sees them going but is unable to follow. The boys enter the cave together and make some exciting as well as frightening discoveries only to become trapped and lost in the cave system. Their brave young sister Khloe, accompanied by her friends Silitia and Sipondia and villagers Matagol and Benson play their own part in finding and rescuing the boys. The Maliau Caves Adventure is an exciting story of mystery, courage, survival, friendship and rescue.

The Mind's Limit

What would you do if you had the power to change anything, to do anything, but the only limit was your mind? Would you succumb to your desires and fulfil your every wish and dream? Would you wage war and serve justice on your own accord? Perhaps spread peace and love to those who need it most? Would you become a saviour the world needed? Maybe even become the one who ended all the suffering? Or would you do nothing, and simply let everything take its destined course?

Everyone has different intentions and morals… What are yours?

The Secret Of Juke's Oak

Tom is on holiday from school during a long, hot summer sometime in the early 1970s.  While on an errand for his mum he saves Charles Bradwell from drowning in the local quarry and finds that he has gone back in time to the mid-1660s to just after the end of the Civil War and the rule of Oliver Cromwell.

When Tom’s cousin Matilda turns up unexpectedly, Tom, Matilda, Charles and his brother James team up to explore Juke’s Farmhouse.  They make an exciting discovery that will have consequences long into the future!

Tom makes an astonishing discovery at the end of the adventure that turns everything he thought he knew on its head.

World of Taroo: The Sabors

A rescue mission, an assassination attempt and the discovery of new incredible powers that lay within the magical stones.

The knight is about to step out when a horrible scream suddenly fills the cave room and the soldiers look around. The scream continues and it sounds like someone is in pain. The knight orders them to stand in line and be ready for combat. They don’t have to wait for long until they see something coming. A light is getting closer and so is the scream. The scream is so chilling that for the first time even the knight feels his hairs stand up on the neck. A woman, wearing almost nothing, with white shiny hair is walking towards them. The knight shouts to her to stop. Instead, she brings up her arms and the soldiers immediately bring up their shields. A strong wind suddenly flows within the room and seconds later a beam of ice streams out from her hands.

This is a story brought together by the complex mind of the writer who dreams and tries to offer others a glimpse of the world within him.

Centre Realms

Centre Realms focuses on Will, a young, struggling man facing the possibilities of loss. An eccentric business trip leads him and a co-worker to the North pole, an expedition to potentially help in the fight against pollution. A bizarre misfortune leads Will to confront the possibilities of debunking one of the Earth’s strangest conspiracy theories – Middle Earth. It is the belief that other forms of life may be living in wide open spaces and caverns hundreds of miles beneath our feet. After Will’s boss agrees to cover the expenses needed to accomplish such a feat, experts are employed and the possibilities of success start seeming likely. However, as investigations occur, one problem leads to next, including mental and physical trauma throughout the trip. The team wonders whether the descent into the earth is worth the danger, as events begin to spiral out of control. Meanwhile, Will worries about the amount of time available for one last goodbye to the one he loves most.

My Teacher's a Spy!

It always creates a bit of a stir when a new teacher starts school, especially when that teacher is young and handsome, like Mr Gunning. But why does he have an expensive car? And is he really who he seems? Chloe, Jessica, Kelly and Andrew think not and when Andrew claims he is sure Mr Gunning is a spy the gang just have to find out if that is the case.In a crime thriller for young readers Phil Barnes creates in My Teacher's a Spy! four children who start out simply trying to find out if their suspicions are true but who rapidly discover that the murky waters of intrigue are deeper than they thought. And when Andrew goes missing the girls must pull together, fight their tears and continue their detective course as one by one they, too, succumb to the criminal ... whoever he or she is.

Rock Hollow

‘It was a large heavy silver and ancient-looking key. It was the sort of key that opened a treasure chest or unlocked doors to secret chambers.’There is nothing exciting about young Victoria Plant’s life. But this is all about to change with the finding of an old key. The key unlocks the door to a secret and supernatural world. Victoria encounters the wicked Count De Ville and his faithful black cat; they are as old as the hills and transcend time to bring about the end of what still remains of the Rock Hollow clan. Can Victoria help to defeat the dastardly army of fiends before it is too late?Bittersweet and thought-provoking Rock Hollow is set in 1976 on the high moorlands that surround the small Yorkshire village of Riddleshaw. The book follows the awakening of differences, experienced by a young autistic girl. Victoria’s journey is enlightening, sometimes sad and more than often amusing.

The Einstein Code

Ben's mother has been kidnapped and the adults don't believe it. They think she's just missing and her employers and the police don't really want to know. The meeting she attended, after all, never took place. But the message she sent Ben tells a different story. To find his mum Ben must follow a perilous trail and solve a series of difficult clues, whilst evading being captured by the kidnappers. With help from his alarmingly clever cousins, Jess and Freddie, as well as some hindrance from his uncle, he investigates her mysterious disappearance. Tormented by conflicting leads and a growing threat, Ben's search becomes increasingly desperate. Can he solve the puzzles and save her, before anything terrible happens to her - or him?  

The Man Opposite Has Died

When the news breaks that the man opposite has died, Lucy, the storyteller, and her friends decide that now is the time to take the late George up on his promise that they can visit the pond to see his newts.As Giselle caresses the long, luxuriant grass in George’s garden, her fingers come across a severed finger and they are now on the trail of a suspected murderer. George’s ghost assists them in this thriller.With the majestic sweeping sloping meadow and its captivating beauty, where Monaie, her dad and their donkey, Benjamin, live, they stumble over two men digging up bags and chase them. Having brought them to justice and survived a plane crash, they are empowered now to confront George’s widow over her part in his murder...

The Gift – Part II

Jack Spencer, a 19-year-old, has joined the space fleet that is on the way to capture the aliens that had invaded his world years ago. They left, and he has joined the hunt with powers he is not even aware he has. He finds friends and enemies in the fleet while trying to survive the attempts to kill him and upgrading the fleet with his ideas. He finds out he has two little girls.

Xbiet has been called Cursed and has been exiled from the city. He has been told by the Cursed before him that he will save the world. The strange beings that have come from the stars are not nice and hurt everyone, including each other. Since no one is allowed to even hurt each other, there are no weapons. He has to figure out how to do this. Luckily, he has powers, some of which he did not even know about. He also has to change the law about the Cursed before his little sister gets the same treatment.