Austin Macauley: 378 books

Aided by a list of prophesies left to him by a mysterious friend, teenager Iqbal Smith’s astronomer father, Jock, discovers that the Earth is about to suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs millions of years before. Jock seeks the help of the most powerful man on the planet, the President of the...

John Baxter was raised in a coal-mining village in Yorkshire, England. The men in the village were as hard as nails. They worked down the coal mine every day, breathing in the black dust, then came above ground at the end of their shift to drink the local beer and sing their sad songs. Their tempers...

The rebellious remnants of the Nant â Goll clan are acclimatising to life in the forest, refusing to bend the knee to the O’rtuallan overlords who brutally overthrew them. At least, that is until an unknown woman is found floating in the Sacred Pool; a woman who not only survived the three-fold...

In his career, David Drennan has been a manager, director, professor and consultant to many well-known organizations. His clients include such companies as British Aerospace, Coca Cola, Mars, Her Majesty’s Treasury, Volvo Cars, Nuclear Electric, the Bank of England and many more. And...

A damaged woman arrives at a seaside resort and strikes up a relationship with a local loser. They encounter adversity from all sides, culminating in a revelation of true identity. Misty Kicks the Breeze is a romantic thriller, a contemporary 'western' noir, where the stranger arrives in a...

John believes himself different from the other children because he was born with one leg shorter than the other. One day, alone, wishing more than anything in the world that he could just be ordinary like all the other children, a strange and unusual animal befriends John and invites him to meet his...

Susie Jones, a nineteen-year-old modern languages student takes herself off on an Inter-Rail trip around Europe. Alone, but only briefly; on a hot August day in Amsterdam, Susie meets a group of individuals. Falling under the spell of Richard Winters, a charismatic and influential member of the group,...

‘To develop and manufacture a devastating and demoralising weapon, deliverable by air, hitherto unknown by mankind.' In 1933 when Nazi Germany was on the rise, this was the brief issued to the secret K1 research facility, to manufacture a weapon so terrifying to foreign nations that it would deter...

From the First World War through to the Swinging Sixties, Pamela Denny's A Load of Bullocks is a vibrant East End family saga. The Bullocks are a handsome family and with good looks come temptations, some innocent, some leading to events that live to haunt. When Frank Bullock comes back from the front...

The ups and downs of a varied working life shape the characters of all those that take part in this process. And it is often the unplanned results in a period, or during a stage or activity, which if properly constrained, offer the greatest benefits to the health, wealth and development of an individual.

One cold and rainy night, a teenage girl escapes the grips of her abusive, drug-dealing boyfriend. Alone and in utter despair she stumbles across the local branch of the SAMARITANS, one place she thinks might give her help. With her spirits lifted and acts of kindness from some unlikely people, she...

In 1936, Thea Cavendish has a rude awakening when she discovers the death of her father in the newspaper and the double life he led. Banned from his funeral, she secretly attends his internment, where she meets her half-brother, the new Earl of Westborough, Piers Devine. She is welcomed into the Devine...

Alice is the only person to see what happens to two East End kids on the council estate, but she has Alzheimer’s and proves of little help. DI Joe Stein and DC Belle Guiles soon find out that this is part of a London-wide series of executions that have taken place, where justice replaces the law.

This is a tale never told before. It unravels the mystery of that one sock we all have that unfathomably goes missing. It is an adventure that travels the world and beyond, creating mystery and intrigue, littered with vanity and greed, and encountering quirky characters along the way. At first, the...