Collection: Fiction

Meet the Deans. Martin Dean and his son Jasper take turns narrating a story steeped in Australian cultural icons. It's also a story of Big Universal Questions as the two characters ruminate on religion, philosophy and death....

Thomas has never forgotten Lucilla Cynster and the connection that seethes between them, but to marry Lucilla would mean embracing a life he's adamant is not for him. Strong-willed and passionate, Lucilla knows Thomas is hers...

In 1437, the pious and gentle Henry VI, comes of age and accedes to the English throne. With England's territories in France under threat, and rumours of revolt at home, fears grow that Henry and his advisers will see the country slide into ruin.

Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has st...

The 33 tales in this collection are set in the Paris of society women, prostitutes and small-minded bourgeoisie, as well as the isolated Normandy villages the author knew as a child...

All around the world, brutal attacks are crippling entire cities. It isn't the work of terrorists, but of animals, and their assaults are escalating at a terrifying pace. Jackson Oz, a young biologist, watches the events with an increasing sense of dread.

Sitting alone in a maximum-security prison cell, Abby Maddox is a celebrity. Her claim to fame is the envy of every freak on the outside: she's the former lover of Ethan Wolfe, the killer who left more than a dozen dead women in his wake...

All the King's Men tells the story of Willie Stark, a southern-fried politician who builds support by appealing to the common man and playing dirty politics...

After months working on an oil rig in the Atlantic Ocean, engineer Jo Blaine can't wait to get home. When she walks through her front door to find an unexpected man in her house, she's tempted to head straight back out to sea...

Magnus McFall was a comic on the brink of his big break when the world came to an end. Now, he is a man on the run and there is nothing to laugh about. Thrown into unwilling partnership with an escaped convict, Magnus flees the desolation of London...