Dan Donoghue – författare

An ordinary Saturday morning turns extraordinary for seventeen-year-old Dave Duggan when a couple of girls from his school ask for help in finding their way into the mountains beyond their town.After entering a dark area of rainforest, birds, bugs and small animals inexplicably begin to die around them. Dave's life is threatened and no reasonable explanation fits. Forced to take responsibility for three lives, Dave finds himself losing his heart while in very real danger of losing his life.

In a galaxy overwrought with unrest and war, one exceptionally-bred Sensitive is called upon to save them all from interplanetary war... Wolf Carthar was reared in a primitive tribal environment on Earth. He is an extremely powerful Sensitive who can shield his mind against invasion by other Sensitives. Isolated by nature, framed and exiled, he is sent to a planet discovered and settled by Americans.High America suffers one severe drawback to development: For reasons yet unknown, Sensitives are unable to survive on it. With the odds stacked against him right from the beginning, Wolf struggles to clear the planet of invaders and make it possible to survive.He must discover and defeat the source of death on High America--the killing machine--that lures Sensitives like him to their deaths...or fall victim to its power himself.

The Red Queen has brought a formidable weapon from the past into the present in order to instigate a war. A photograph is discovered that gives credence to the lies of one race and effectively pits nation against nation.In the south is a mythical island that has been rumoured to have escaped the direct ravages of the nuclear war. Three diverse mutant outcasts agree to travel to this island to discover if the weapon is real, what it is and whether there's anything that can counter it.Giant, an outcast rejected because of his impure lineage, searches for meaning in his life by undertaking the quest. He helps rescue an Elfin Princess and Dana, her personal guard and healer.Dana, having been raped by Nasdarks captors, is an outcast because she's considered unclean by her people. Also joining the group is Drark, another outcast from a nation of cave dwellers, with powerful night vision. As a mutant, he sees much but says little.Together, the group face the dangers of journeying through the lands of warring nations, encounter religious fanatics as well as the reputably impassable "e;Fire-Time Sands"e; to discover just what the relic is and how to neutralise it before their civilisation is ripped apart.

The Red Queen has gained control of the King of the Nasdarks by employing the snake worshipping, poison-wielding Vipand warriors she's corrupted and controls. Now she's set her sights on destroying the Elf Nation. Her first task is to send out one of her agents to try to seduce and corrupt the prince of the elves.Giant, Dana and Drark, mutant outcasts, continue their struggle against the Red Queen and attempt to save the Elves. In order to succeed, they must locate the holocaust weapon the enemy of their world intends to use to return Firetime nuclear warfare to their already shattered land.

When a brutal murder occurs on the beach where he's staying, Jim Groggan's bored enough to start checking things out for himself. He even agrees to drive a police officer down along the beach to interview Hippies in a seaside camp.There he meets a girl he finds himself aiding even when it means getting mixed up with drugs, guns, and murder. Suddenly, boredom seemed a very desirable state to be in...