A corrupt professor cons two young archaeologists. They think they are going to fly through space to a distant planet. In fact, Nanshe and Bandaka will travel forward through time.

Their desperate government sends them 700 years into the future to discover why their society faces extinction. As they go searching for ancient artefacts and texts, they do not realise that the peaceful world they are exploring has replaced their own dysfunctional technocracy. A wise guide befriends them and tries to protect them from hidden mortal dangers.

Following the oldest road trip known to humanity, they learn the solutions to the problems of their own era. As this book is a novella, about half the length of a regular novel, I have priced it pretty low at £1 for the Kindle edition. The paperback costs £7.39 though that will fluctuate a little as it’s tied to the American dollar.

This was such fun to write, so I hope it’s as much fun to read. I think it’s one of those books that will ‘stay with you’.

‘The Luck of the Crane’ tells the story of childhood friends Joe and Grégoire growing up in rural Rwanda. By 1995, they are teenagers and set against one another by a brutal genocide in which a million people are murdered. This is an amazing and heart wrenching tale of struggle against incredible odds. In a world which today seems threatened by darkness, Rwanda’s history is a modern, real, parable of why good people must never give up.

‘The Luck of the Crane’ is informed by extensive research and conversations with genocide survivors. It was a Quagga Literary Prize Winner in 2016. The Kindle edition costs £2.24 and the paperback costs £8.94.

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‘Atheists for Jesus’ is a short book that grew out of a drunken conversation with some friends on holiday. I mentioned Jesus had brothers and sisters and my mates were gobsmacked. To be fair, Christian Theologians have failed to make some basic points widely known. So, this little book will:

• Outline the main historical facts about Jesus of Nazareth.
• Explain how this Jesus became the Christ of Christianity
• Offer some thoughts on how Christians can view the Christ of the gospels in a realistic and fruitful way in the 21^st century.

The goal of the book is to assist atheists and non-Christian discuss ‘Jesus the bloke’ without becoming bogged down in irrelevant stuff like ‘faith’.

It’s not a lengthy book and only costs £1 for the Kindle edition or £3.97 for the paperback.

When popular headteacher Pamela Flowers announces her retirement, the lunatics are queueing up to run the asylum. Oozing ambition and mediocrity, the wannabe heads have ten months to impress for the top job.

Devout Catholic, Conor Flanagan, company man Jason Buckingham, and underdog Jessica Kimble, find themselves on an assault course littered with obstacles to trip the unwary. Will the school choose the class act or the class clown? Let the games begin.

Informed by John Poulton’s thirty-year teaching experience. ‘Head Hunted’ is the story of how the serious business of education degenerates into comic farce. The Kindle edition costs £2.42 and it’s £10.99 for the paperback.