Jonathan Waite

A few months after the events of "Loose Threads" (included in Three Windows) Suncat Morningsky, Kaichang Belgardis and Verneen Halannim, the Truesingers, find themselves back on Suncat's home world, as part of a new band, Gestalt. Still struggling to adjust to new lives and new relationships, they are not prepared for the turmoil that is poised to engulf them. Argenthome is not yet entirely at peace, and what is to come will test the mettle of these young musicians and force them to come to terms with sudden and irrevocable change...

The Lost Goats, the title story of this collection, is a new short novel in which Soren and Zander go hunting for missing Nyronds and find more trouble than they could have imagined. Also featured are The Caesarian Operation, The Silver Platter Stratagem and an extract from Times Past, Sam's solo work chronicling an earlier period in Nyrond history.

The Nyronds (first seen in the Eight-Man Austin) return in The Overly Obnoxious OIK Operation, in which a routine emergency on the homeship results in what seems like a golden opportunity for Zander and Soren, but soon reveals hidden depths and dangers...

Now in a new edition, Two Magicians introduces the reader to Mordecai del Aguila, Court Magus of the pocket kingdom of Tamland. After a hard night on the astral, Mordecai finds an intruder sleeping in his workroom, and his orderly, comfortable life is turned upside down...

Oonaverse re-introduces the Koven of Khaos and its non-leader, Dracul von Ryan, in a tale of science gone strange. A potential new source of energy turns into a terrifying gateway into another world.

The Eight-Man Austin tells the story of Kelleman's World, a peaceful, complacent, isolationist world whose long-held prejudices are challenged when eight star-faring bunco artists descend upon it to play out an ancient ritual.

Please note: This is a reissue in one volume of my first two self-published books, Three Windows and Two Magicians, with an extra story, Tension, added to make up the weight.

Three medium-length stories (not long enough for novels, too long for shorts) covering MR Jamesian horror, dystopian fantasy and "soft" science fiction.

Dementia can be a distressing condition, for the sufferer, and for families and other carers. Management of dementia is never easy, and involves facing some unpleasant problems and difficult choices. The right approach and expertise can minimise the unpleasantness and make dementia manageable, while inexperienced or inexpert management has the potential to cause unnecessary distress and disability, mis-directed resources, frustrated care staff, unduly long periods spent in hospital and premature care home placement. Dementia Care is a practical manual for health and social care professionals in their encounters with people with dementia. It covers a wide range of information in a short, easily-accessible handbook format and broadly follows the journey of a person with dementia from first presentation to health or social services, through problems and their management, to the final stages of the illness. The book is rooted in the extensive experience of the authors in managing dementia in the community, in hospital and care homes and hopes to make the necessary expertise available and accessible in a form that will be useful to the whole range of medical, health and social care staff looking after people with dementia and their families.