A word can change a mind. A sentence can change a life. A book can change the world.
The Brittle Sea is part of a trilogy and is about love, hope, mental health, and a determination to overcome adversity. Book 1 opens with the main female character, young Magda Asparov. Her father has arranged for her to marry wealthy New York businessman Matthew Turner III and she is travelling, alone, from Ukraine to…
Aspects of History: Technology and the Titanic Ned Parfett, the young lad shown in the image above, was a 15-year-old newspaper seller in London. When he was handed copies of the Evening News to sell, he also received a large poster that he would hold up to display the headlines that evening. On that day,…
Chapter Seven A Dishonourable Discharge Catterick Garrison, England, March 1930 Nev Fordham was indeed still alive. And it only took six months for Albert to discover his brother was alive and on his doorstep in Catterick. “What the hell are you doing here?” “Well, that’s a fine greeting from a brother?” Albert Fordham held his…
Chapter Six All Things Must Pass Cairo, November 1929 Jessie’s Childhood could not have been more idyllic. From a precocious child not wanting to leave England, she became a precocious child not wanting to leave Egypt. But someone, somewhere, once decreed that all things in our lives must eventually pass us by and leave our…
Chapter Five Dio Deberge Cairo, Egypt, October 1929 Nev, for the first time in his new career as a purveyor of other people’s secrets, was nervous. Even more so when he knocked on Dio Deberge’s door. The guard, eyeing him up as if he was measuring Nev for a coffin, kept a respectful silence, but…
Chapter Four A Family Affair Cairo, Egypt October 1929 Nev Fordham placed his chips on what he considered the winning number. He just knew the roulette table’s wheel was going to stop on his number, which meant he was about to be rich. Nev didn’t even consider the alternative. If he lost, he would be…
Chapter Three Like Father, Like Daughter Catterick Garrison, England, June 1926 “Why are we leaving?” The girl’s question, under normal circumstances, would have been valid, but there was nothing normal about the way the British army worked. You did as you were told and you went where they sent you. And if it meant uprooting…
Extract from The Brittle Land, Book Two in The Brittle Saga Trilogy. It was the soft sound of her own gentle snoring that woke her. She sat up and looked around, blinking the sleep from her eyes. She seemed to be in an office. She yawned and looked around again, suddenly realising she recognised nothing….
Rescue Mission A disaster at sea is every sailor’s nightmare, but when the disaster happened to someone else and you have failed to give assistance, that would have repercussions. “A message, you say. A distress call, no less, that has taken,” the Captain paused and looked at the top of the notepaper, “almost two hours…
A Disaster Unfolds The ship ploughed its way through the dark and still waters of the northern Atlantic, heedless of any danger to itself. Her captain had called for full power and her crew had obliged obediently. In the time before the dawn, all those on board who were awake knew something was amiss. A…
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