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MULLANY, Kelly

Jul 4, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction \ Novel, Paranormal Fiction, Teen Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

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Shadow Hearts

 

Chosen by Magic, Bound by Fate

Sixteen-year-old Nora Hale’s life is far from ordinary, but she doesn’t know it yet.

When eerie dreams reveal a mysterious woman shrouded in shadows, her world takes a dark turn. Attacked by a stranger who calls her a Dark One, Nora is thrust into a hidden realm of ancient magic and lurking danger. Rescued by the fierce Fire Wielder, Arianna Tarasova, she discovers a powerful magic within her heart-a force the ruthless Dark Wielders will stop at nothing to control. With enemies closing in and time slipping away, Nora must unlock her abilities, face a relentless foe, and prove her strength to the High Court. But in the shadows, power comes at a price… and the darkness within may be her greatest enemy.

About the Author

 

Kelly Mullany grew up in a coastal town in South Australia and often spends her free time down at the beach. When she’s not down at the beach, she’s either spending time with her friends or family, or is reading a good book with a cup of coffee.

LAMPARD, Kerry

Jul 3, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Fiction \ Novel, Memoir, Military, Short Story Collection

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Tip Of The Spear

 

A Memoir

Currently residing in Adelaide with his wife, Kerry has been interested in all things military since his teenage years. At 17, he joined the Citizen Military Force and after a short time enlisted in the Australian Regular Army 1963, undergoing a 12-month Tour of Vietnam in 1965. Kerry applied to join the Special Air Service and, after completing the tough Cadre Course and other specialist courses, he was accepted into 2SAS Squadron. In early 1968, the Squadron was deployed to Vietnam on Kerry’s second 12-month tour.

The SAS led very successful covert operations. Some satisfying, others terrifying. These patrols ranged from a duration of minutes to seven days depending on the enemy activity. The Viet Cong called them Ma Rung, “Phantoms of the Jungle”, and put a price on their heads: $5,000—dead or alive.

Tip of the Spear is split into two parts. The first is a memoir of Kerry’s experience with patrols in the SAS as a forward scout. The second is three light-hearted fictional short stories.

REEKS, Kerri

Jun 30, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Adelaide, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, Military, South Australia, War Fiction

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Cage of War

Can they escape the horrors of war, or will they consume them forever?

Captured by Viet Cong in late 1960s during the Vietnam War, Australian soldier James ‘Ned’ Kelly is imprisoned in a bamboo cage in the Mekong River, with fellow captive Brady. They’re eventually ‘rescued’ by a Special CIA Covert team.

They soon discover the rescue is part of an elaborate, corrupt and clandestine war tourism operation – ‘Tiger Hunts’, where wealthy Japanese businessmen pay to hunt & kill real VC soldiers. Kelly & Brady reluctantly join the ‘Tiger Hunts’, ultimately uncovering dark & suspenseful secrets, including war crimes, political assassinations, & drug trafficking tied to the covert teams. A catastrophic ‘Tiger Hunt’ leaves Kelly, Brady, & one Japanese ‘Tiger’ as the only survivors; they’re rescued & taken to a US Hospital ship to recover.

Years later, back to Australia, Kelly is settled on a small farm in the Adelaide Hills. A deadly chain of events is sparked, targeting Kelly, his veteran friends & loved ones. The fallout threatens to also expose the surviving ‘Tiger’, now a prominent Japanese politician, & the rogue CIA operations behind the ‘Tiger Hunts’.

To stop the violence escalating, Kelly teams up with old colleagues to expose the truth, bringing the dark past to light via exposure in the international media.

Kerri Reeks author

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KERRI REEKS was born in Adelaide in 1953 and spent his formative years in Broken Hill, Cockburn, and later Mount Gambier. At 18, he enlisted in the Royal Australian Army, qualifying as a Sapper in the Corps of Engineers. He trained in combat engineering, earthmoving construction, minefield clearance, and demolition-though he did not serve in Vietnam. After his military service, Kerri forged a diverse career. He became a multi-award-winning landscape gardener and later owned and operated both a restaurant and a hotel. For over 30 years, he has worked as a consultant in the oil and gas industry, travelling to more than 60 countries. During this time, he completed a Graduate Diploma and a Graduate Certificate in International Disaster Management. Drawing on his global experiences and the many cultural intersections he encountered along the way, Kerri researched and wrote Cage of War, a novel inspired by the Vietnam War. He now lives in the Adelaide Hills on a small acreage with his partner and their dog, Beau. When not consulting in the energy sector or working on his next novel, he enjoys landscaping and tending to his property.

FRATINI, J.D

Jun 5, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction \ Novel

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Arcane Union

Volume 1

In a universe where magic and technology exist in isolation, a catastrophic collision changes everything. Niaxaria, a war-ravaged realm of fantasy, faces collapse. With gold-vital for channeling Magic Essence-nearly depleted, desperation festers. On the other side of reality, Terra thrives with science, technology, and a wealth of gold-but knows nothing of magic, or the worlds beyond its own.

A radical faction in Niaxaria, led by the elusive Psyoctalith named Ebogen, seeks to upend the ruling council by raiding Terra for its gold. Their plan spirals out of control when a powerful spell merges the two worlds, triggering global destruction and an apocalyptic tsunami that reshapes continents.

Rick Capolavoro, a disillusioned soldier haunted by a past deployment, is thrust into a waking nightmare-one where fantasy becomes real and survival means facing otherworldly threats. Meanwhile, Thia Hieran, the last surviving hero of a once-revered adventuring party, must emerge from self-imposed isolation to stop Niaxaria from tearing itself-and now Terra-apart.

Dragons, magic, and modern warfare clash as two worlds reel from the fallout. While gold-hungry invaders rampage across Terra, space station crews watch helplessly from orbit, and nuclear retaliation looms.

As unlikely alliances form and old wounds resurface, Rick and Thia must rise to meet the crisis-or risk both realms falling to ruin.

JD Fratini

About the Author

 

Julian was born, raised, and lives in Adelaide, South Australia. He grew up playing video games from the Sega Mega Drive era, and fondly remembers attending LAN parties with friends during the days when one of the fastest internet connections in Australia was the “glorious” 256K ADSL.

His favourite movie series since childhood has always been Alien, but in high school he discovered a love for Japanese anime. This obsession continued into his university years, where he wrote and posted Naruto fanfiction in his spare time. Julian’s passion for advanced board games and tabletop RPGs (particularly Dungeons & Dragons) grew as he began his career in IT.

This series is his personal love letter to the hobbies that have shaped him, and he hopes to share the same fun and enjoyment with his readers that he found in writing it.

GALLI, Marco

Jun 4, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fiction \ Novel, Melbourne, Music, Mystery Fiction, Thriller Fiction

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The Accordionist

A Novel

Melbourne 1956

Private Investigator Mike January, broke and down on his luck, accepts an assignment to reunite a wealthy broadcaster with his wayward daughter. But things take a turn when January becomes involved in the defection of a Soviet diplomat.

After a series of suspicious murders, January becomes the prime suspect and must solve the case before he too becomes a victim or hangs for the crime. Along the way, he falls for a beautiful young accordion player who takes more than his breath away.

Intrigue, murder, betrayal and Soviet spies all set to the melody of a sweet-sounding accordion.

VASEY, P.A.

May 29, 2025 | *, *Featured books, *listed, Australian, Fantasy Fiction, Fiction \ Novel, Science Fiction

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Homo Machina

A Post-Apocalypic Hard Sci-fi, Genetic Engineering Thriller

The year is 2098. Humanity is no more.

Earth is a ravaged, radioactive wasteland. On Mars, a small group of synthetic humanoids survive, their memories of the apocalypse wiped, seeking to understand their role in the fall of humanity.

Until Sol-5 receives a message. A message from a possible human survivor, and a plea to go to Earth to find her. And what he finds there will change everything.

The humans were wiped out for a reason.

Homo Machina is the new apocalyptic thriller from the pen of award-winning author PA Vasey (Harbinger, Trinity’s Legacy).

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About the Author

 

P.A. Vasey is a practicing medical oncologist and clinical cancer researcher in Brisbane, Australia. His professional writing credits in the field of oncology include over two hundred publications: peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, conference contributions and electronic outputs.

After experiencing a serious bicycling accident that resulted in ten fractured ribs, a broken scapula, two fractured vertebrae, and a punctured lung, he turned to writing science fiction as a form of therapy. His debut novel, Trinity’s Legacy, was self-published in 2019 to critical acclaim. The subsequent novels, Trinity’s Fall and Trinity: Evolution, completed the ‘Vu-Hak War Trilogy’ and achieved significant recognition as multiple award-winning, Amazon #1 bestsellers.

In 2024 his first standalone novel, Harbinger, won the 2024 Best Indie Book Award for Science Fiction.

Homo Machina is his fifth book.

More information can be found on: www.pavasey.com