Böcker av Colin J Robertson

Walter Parks's life has fallen apart. Until a few days ago, he had it all-a beautiful wife, baby girl, home in the suburbs and a not-so-beautiful, but reasonably well paid job as pencil pusher at a pen company. Then Walter learned how quickly "having it all" can turn into "losing it all". So, when the bank decided to foreclose on his home, Walter Parks decided to simply say "no". Well, say "no" and turn his home into fortified castle not seen since days codpieces were considered sensible outerwear. Thus begins the ever-escalating war that is, The Siege of Walter Parks. In this post-modern comedy of errors, some grammatical, one man shows that an act of short-sighted idiocy may be the only reasonable response to an irrational world.

Someone has just released a virus capable of infecting the most advanced computer of all - the human brain. Fortunately, it has been discovered by a brilliant hacker. Unfortunately, that hacker is Eddy Pending. Eddy isn't your typical criminal with a dark personal past. He's far more messed up than that. Eddy's past a maze of madness, bizarre family members, and truly terrible life choices. So, when the Men in Rose Coloured Glasses show up at his door armed with business cards that can kill, Eddy knows the right thing to do - run! Unfortunately for Eddy, that's just not going to work. So he might just have to fight back instead.

Business is war! A gateway has been opened to another world where monsters and magic are real, and so are the profits! Roland Griff is a billionaire who sees the immediate potential of another, more primitive world rich with resources and cheap labour. He asks oil prospector Marc Aaron to join him and bring his family along for the adventure. For Marc, it's a chance to reconnect with his estranged wife Diane, and his young son and daughter who are practically strangers. Nothing, however, goes the way its supposed to. The orc inhabitants of the fourth world aren't content with being exploited the way Roland Griff hopes, and the gate turns to be a Pandora's box for Marc and his family. It's Jurassic Park meets Planet of the Apes meets The Lord of the Rings, in an epic tale of a family trying to survive in a world gone mad.

Fifty-years-ago, the United States created the most powerful weapon of all time, capable of destroying not just the Earth, but the entire Universe - then managed to lose it. Now, it's been found, by a thirteen-year-old boy, named Alex Graham, who decides to sell it on eBay.As a result, Alex finds himself the target of US Intelligence, foreign governments, international arms dealers, fundamentalist Christians, an insane United States President and, of course, Islamic terrorists. His only hope is a CIA Agent, named Charlie Draper.The problem is, Charlie is a broken man. Tormented by the death of his wife and daughter, Charlie has stopped caring much about anything. When Alex is orphaned by German Neo-Nazi soldiers-of-fortune, the two are thrown together on a desperate, dangerous and epic journey to find the meaning of life, the universe and everything and, hopefully, some half decent reason to keep it all going.Ranging from laugh-out-loud comedy to, at times, heartfelt anguish, Chaos Theory is reminiscent of both the dark satire of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and the outlandish wit of Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Girl on a boat is about my good friend. She was diagnosed with breast cancer, and although deeply saddened by her plight I was inspired by her courage and resilience. I have learnt much from my friend, she makes me smile, brings warmth to any room, is motivational and positivity personified. I am privileged to be one of her friends. My poems are an expression of her illness, and her courage taken from actual conversations with her and her real experiences. I hope I have listened well to her.Monies from sales of this book will be donated to breast cancer research.