Michael Davies

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Mark arrives at a new school and meets Anna. They soon realise they are connected in some way and learn they have similar histories of being abandoned as babies and adopted. As they discovers strange powers in themselves they realise they are twins. They have both been left a gift of a maysterious box by an unknown grandmother. Then they learn that they are part of an alien species, abandoned on earth two centuries ago by an accident to a spaceship. Soon they embark on an extraordinary mission that takes all of those powers and their courage as they must save their own people and stop a long-running war between two groups.

Daniel (11) and his next door neighbours, Olive (11) and April (6) find a portal into another world in the forest. As they explore they encounter strange forces, some dangerous and hostile, some friendly. When they return, there are new revalations about their families and their origins. The three children must venture back through the portal to try and save the nation there from a wicked Empress and restore peace and safety.

Alex finds a beautiful recorder hidden in his house and when he plays it, a door to another world opens. He and his friend Kate travel in a strange world, meeting monsters and people who have been there for many years. Some of the adventures are sad, meeting a squad of Australian soldiers who have been for some years but they don't know who the enemy is or how they got there. Some are frightening and they also find there is a mystery about their own parents that they can now resolve.

Julie Malloy and her friends make a school visit to the museum. On leaving and reclaiming her bag from the checkout, she is given the wrong one. Nobody claims it and her own is still there. When they are able to open the bag, they find a map indicating something hidden. As they unravel the mystery, they find themselves in a dangerous situation with a gang of criminals who export Australian wildlife overseas. They must draw on all their courage and intelligence to solve the mystery and keep themselves safe.

When Gilbert discovers the amazing powers of his farts, he embarks on a series of adventures. he flies into orbit, saves a house from burglars, tries to help his footie team win a game, rescues a man trapped on the roof of a burning building, gets rid of a plague of rats at the market and saves the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race from being becalmed in zero winds.

A new boy comes to school in a Stretch Humvee, immaculately dressed and with armed bodyguards. He becomes close friends with four other children and they learn he is the son of the Georgian Ambassador to Australia. But the US and UK security forces and the Australian Federal Police are all involved as well as some strange hostile forces that want to capture Yuri for their own mysterious purposes and the mystery deepens around Yuri and his origins.

A series of serial killings begins in Sydney, spreads around Australia and then is found to be happening around the world. Detective Inspector David Hunter, leading the Homicide Squad goes under cover to investigate the killings and puts himself at great risk of his life as he finds out the appalling truth behind the murders.

Dan Bailey, a successful English executive living in Chicago starts to have severe nightmares about committing murder and about a terrible childhood in a prison camp. Gradually he finds he is a "Manchurian Candidate," a Russian believing his current life and all his childhood memories of l;ive in England are real, but he is under the control of somebody else who is using him for his personal gain. To escape, he must risk crippling mental damage and the fear of other controllers who might appear.

When Charlotte's cello is broken, she is given a new one by a mysterious old man. Her already brilliant playing becomes even more extraordinary and she is invited to play before the conductor, Vladimir Ashkenazy and the principal cello and concertmaster of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. They identify her instrument as "The lost Amati" which is said to hold an amazing secret. But Charlotte must survive great dangers before the secret is revealed and Charlotte can play at the Opera House with the SSO.

Kathie, Jamie and six-year old Amelia leave with their parents to drive 1200 km to South West Rocks on the coast. They encounter a violent storm and a red fog that envelops them. When they emerge, they find that they have reached their destination, but there is no town, no signs of civilisation, no campsite, but their parents seem unaware that anything is wrong. Amelia displays extraordinary connection with the wild life and then heals Kathie when she is bitten by a Brown Snake. They soon realise that they have travelled many hundreds of years into the past. The three children must show great courage and determination to cope with the situation, to understand the truth with Amelia and somehow find a way home again.

Mickie's adventures in space continue as he tracks down the mystery of his origins and how he came to be on Earth. But the ancient enemy that destroyed his people is now hunting for him and as Mickie starts to develop the astonishing powers of his people, the Pfafth that once let them rule over 40 galaxies, the battle for survival intensifies

12-year old Mickie Dalton has a miserable home life and finds that he is not a human. He is offered the chance to travel on an inter-galactic trading vessel and seek out the mystery of his origins and what has happened to his species. He meets many aliens, some beautiful, some frightening as he discovers his orgins.

Mickie now has the memories in his mind of Markel who led the Pfafth race at their height and when they were defeated and forced in hiding a million years ago. Again, he must draw on his increasingly lethal powers of the Pfafth to protect his friends and seek out the Pfafth to prevent their destruction by their ancient enemy , the Sillaron.

A conspiracy to take over the United States has been in progress since the end of World War II. It is led by two US Army soldiers who returned from the war and made themselves the richest men in America. They are supported by some of the most powerful men in America But the plans of the old men are far more lethal than anyone could have imagined.