Michael Reyneke: 9 books

During World War II fighter pilots were, at times, detailed to perform out-of-the-ordinary operations. "Duck Hunting in a Hurricane" was an event that resulted in just such an operation in order to recover the Hurricane and bring back the ducks.

Jenny Ashken resorts to alcohol and drugs to obliterate a fateful accident. While in a semi-conscious drug state a young man befriends her, triggering her need to return to reality and face the real world. Will she be able to put the fragments of her appalling life back together and go clean in a...

Liam Kenny noticed Jenny the moment she entered the crowded Irish pub. He was fascinated by the constant movement of her expressive pale hands. Then, when she moved onto the stage and began to sing, he was totally overwhelmed by her passion and dark sad beauty. Who was she? Liam Kenny needed to know but was his timing ever going to be right?

...On his way out Mat switched off the hangar lights. Black! The world turned black! There was no light anywhere. Not even the stars could be seen; they too seemed to have been switched off with the same switch... He suddenly felt the weirdest sensation; he was not alone. Somewhere behind and to his left was someone or something else...

It is often said that surprise in battle accomplishes results. When both sides are equally surprised the results will be unpredictable. A miraculous outcome is achieved by the side that has the most luck and extraordinary foresight as in "The Bf 109 Capture".

Fred knew the book he needed. Knew exactly where it was in the reference section of the library. During the break in the open-book examination he rushed to the library to make notes of the formula and a quick sketch of the design. The unexpected events that followed shocked Fred who soon found that...

…the unnatural magnetic storms raging in the Blyde River Canyon caused severe fires yesterday. Fanned by high winds, the fires destroyed most of the reserve. To date there has been no report of loss to human life but the animals that could not get across the river to the resort in time perished...

The Spitfire IX flew dive-bombing operations in the WWII Italy campaign. Each pilot developed a method for diving and aiming. Pilots blacked out, bombs failed to release and needed shaking off. Some targets were difficult to locate and destroy. Ack-ack was heavy. The one rule was never to go lower than 1000 feet before releasing the bomb. This story tells of one such operation.

When Sheelah Kenny announced her intended divorce from her cheating husband her Granny, Maura Kenny, was distraught. There will be no divorce in the Irish Catholic Kenny family! He can be killed but not divorced! Plans, by Maura Kenny and her grandson Liam Kenny, were swiftly put in place to get rid of the philandering Neal Coleman.