The Books
The Glass Ship
Peter Markham is a schoolteacher who has been abandoned by his female partner because she, rightly, considers him dull. He tries to change himself, seeking adventure by joining a course at a gliding club. Disappointed, he leaves the airfield in anger when a wild teenage girl forces him to stop, begging for help in retrieving her older stepsister, Julia, who has landed her glider in a hayfield a hundred kilometres away. He allows himself to be manipulated by Mitch, the.....
Jenny Rat
A dying teenage girl is saved by a twenty-eight-year-old consulting engineer. Having an untraceable mother who she hated, Jenny decides to live with Michael. She begins to draw and reveals great talent as an artist. Under her influence, he too begins to develop. But the pair must be careful about how they express their affection for each other. In author Martin Simons’ new novel, he tackles the topic of sexual consent as well as issues plaguing the foster care.....
Cities at Sea
Land-based civilization collapsed long ago as a result of climate change, flooding and impoverishment of soils, wars, and other causes. Knowing that about three quarters of the globe is covered by the sea, all the major coastal cities of the globe saved themselves by moving onto the oceans, developing gigantic, highly sophisticated, entirely self-sufficient rafts on which they now navigate at will. Life is easy in the raft cities for those who conform but is strictly disciplined under constant surveillance......
