Douglas Sharp

Rebecca has been captured and awakens alone in the dark, not knowing where she is. She can feel that Llyr is alive, but cannot contact him through the soul link. Chained to a wall and without magic, she must find a way to survive and escape. Llyr was defeated by his brother and witnessed the fall of the tower on Avalon. Being separated from Rebecca has created a problem: the soul link is draining his body of all strength. Despite not being able to stand on his own, he's determined to return to his world and save Rebecca from the Archwizard. Without Havaar to guide him, he must rely on the ghosts of Havaar's school to find a way home.

The Aldri attempt to destroy life on Earth was prevented at Stonehenge and magic is now able to be seen across the British Isles. Because Rebecca had to kill the invading force, she has fallen into a deep depression. For months, Llyr has been unable to help her, and because of their connection through the soul link, he is beginning to feel the effects of her negative emotions. Desperate to bring Rebecca out of her despair, Llyr proposes that he be allowed to take her out among the people whose lives she saved. Havaar, their dragon mentor, approves and sends them on a mission to recover an artifact from the revealed ruins of Camelot. Things become more complex as the soul link brings Llyr and Rebecca closer, and secrets Llyr has been keeping threaten to undermine their growing relationship.

Over 1500 years ago, all that was steeped in magic was hidden from humanity. Today, magic is the stuff of myth...or so Rebecca Bray thinks. She has always ignored things of fantasy, concentrating on reality. Yet after a traumatic life event, Rebecca is seeing and interacting with things that shouldn't be there. She wonders if she might be going crazy. Some kind of power has awakened inside her and, if she doesn't find someone to explain what is happening, it will destroy her. Llyr Loegaire has earned the title of Hunter. His first assignment is to eliminate a novice magic user as part of the first stage of his people's invasion of Earth. What should have been a quick mission is complicated when he is magically prevented from killing his target. He must now stay near her, maintaining a fa ade of friendship, as he tries to find a way to complete his orders.

Policing in Britain has undergone considerable change since the 1960s and the last 20 years in particular have seen the growth of a more professional and managerial style of policing. This change has been prompted in part by technology, in part by changes in society at large, a growth of public expectations from the criminal justice system, changes in government policy and in part from within the police service itself. At the same time, debate about police conduct and ethics has been fuelled by revelations about police misconduct, miscarriages of justice, and a number of well-publicized cases of racial and sexual discrimination effecting serving officers and the way in which the country is policed. This text is intended to bridge the gap between media exaggeration and academic dryness.