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First published in 1999 by Wakefield Press, Joy Ride is a realist teenage novel narrated by 16 year old Scott who is recounting the events of his life when he was 14.

The power of the novel lies in the fact that it was written with editorial input from teenagers who checked language expression and provided most of the actual events that form the fictional accounts in the story. Scott's intense anger at his parents breaking up leads him to reject what he sees as normal life and to lash out at institutions in a desperate bid to escape his reality. TOP

The Last Wizard, first published in 1995 by Pan Macmillan, is a tale of Tamesan, a 15 year old girl who doesn't want to grow up like all the other girls and become a slave to the men of her village but who wants to go on the dragon hunts every summer.

In her bid to break the mould, she uncovers a range of secrets about her village and its mountain - some wondrous and some terrible - and she becomes the inheritor of much more than she or anyone could ever have anticipated of someone in Harbin. A sequel is on the way. TOP

The third in the Andrakis series, Dragonlords, was first published in 1993 by Pan Macmillan.

Determined to become a dragonlord, A Ahmud Ki tries to control the power of King Andra's dragon-slaying sword by controlling Andra with a magical ring. His plan, initially successful, is destroyed by the strength of love and friendship of Andra's friends, and free to fulfil his part in the prophecy, Andra confronts both Mareg and A Ahmud Ki in a final battle on which hangs the fate of the peoples of all the kingdoms, including Andrakis. TOP

Kingmaker, first published by Pan Macmillan in 1993, and reprinted 1995, takes up the stories of A Ahmud Ki and Andra as they are drawn into greater conflict with Mareg the dragonlord.

To further his personal quest for control of the five Kis of magic, A Ahmud Ki manufactures a champion to fulfil the prophecy that will bring the end of Mareg. Yet fate twists and turns until, sent on a quest to retrieve the original dragon-slaying sword of Aian Abreotan, Andra and his friends discover that Andra is the true inheritor of Abreotan's skills and power. Bearing the sword, Andra returns to become the rightful king of Andrakis. TOP

Guardians, first published in 1992 by Pan Macmillan, and reprinted in 1994, begins the story of two people: Terin who becomes the wizard A Ahmud Ki, and the young guardian Andra.

In a vengeful quest to acquire all five Ki's of magic, A Ahmud Ki accidentally releases from an ancient magical vault the dragonlord Mareg Dru'Artha Sutnavanistra who calls upon the northern races and dragons to help him take full control of the world. In a desperate attempt to stop the dragonlord, the Great Kingdom's armies are formed to meet the dragonlord's armies head-on. Andra is drafted and caught up in the maelstrom of epic events. TOP

Blood is the first book in the the Ashuak Chronicles series and was first published in 2002 by HarperCollins Australia.

A fantasy with political and social issues as strong focii, Blood establishes the setting of the Ashuak Empire and the desperate plight of the indigenous Jaru population in the province of Sekesu who have been under cruel Ashuak rule for more than 300 years. Exploited, corrupted, enslaved, the Jaru struggle to regain their freedom against the Ashuak whose power is bolstered by the great dragons and the wardragons. TOP

Passion is the second book in the Ashuak Chronicles to be published in 2003 by HarperCollins Australia.

Passion continues the struggle of the Jaru to gain freedom from the oppressive Ashuak, mirrored in Shana's desperate escape from the mines in the heart of Ashua. Against a background of corruption, cruelty and greed, the Ashuak general, Sukaal Vekesh, tries to make moderate changes for the benefit of everyone, changes that bring attempts against his life, and the Jaru teacher, Alwyn, learns not only that his people suffer cruelly but that he carries a terrible burden. TOP