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  • Duke de Richleau Adventure XI. The Duke de Richleau, together with his friends Richard Eaton, Rex van Ryn and Simon Aron – the Modern Musketeers, have faced many hair-raising adventures together. Now, there is also Rex's son and Fleur, Richard Eaton's daughter. Fleur, who believes in all the freedoms, including that of sex. But interwoven with the the story of Fleur's love life is a story of a strange inheritance that draws the whole party to Ceylon; and in Ceylon to face theft, murder, arson and blackmail. Until finally de Richleau has to take a last desperate gamble, alone, to save his friends. Cover art by Edward Mortelmans.
  • Book I of The Clifton Chronicles. The epic tale of Harry Clifton’s life begins in 1920, with the words “I was told that my father was killed in the war.” A dock worker in Bristol, Harry never knew his father, but he learns about life on the docks from his uncle, who expects Harry to join him at the shipyard once he’s left school. But then an unexpected gift wins him a scholarship to an exclusive boys’ school, and his life will never be the same again. As he enters into adulthood, Harry finally learns how his father really died, but the awful truth only leads him to question, was he even his father? Is he the son of Arthur Clifton, a stevedore who spent his whole life on the docks, or the firstborn son of a scion of West Country society, whose family owns a shipping line?  
  • Book II of  The Saga of Steeleye. Steeleye fights for Control of the Wideways, facing either death at the hands of the Sideways Man, or one thousand years as master of the Wideways,  a mind-blowing prismatic rainbow that opens the pathway to infinity.  Only Steeleye could hope to triumph over the relentless cunning of his dreaded arch-enemy, the Sideways Man. Cover art by Jim Burns.
  • Star Trek No. 80. Timshel was once the vacation spot of the galaxy, full of culture, natural beauty, and friendly, hospitable inhabitants. But now Timshel has cut itself off from the universe. No one is allowed to enter or leave. Concerned, the Federation has sent agents to investigate, but none have returned. Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise are shocked to discover the truth: the people of Timshel have succumbed to an insidious new technology that guarantees every citizen total pleasure, a soul-destroying ecstasy that has enslaved their entire civilization. Kirk and Spock have faced many threats before, but now they must deal with the most seductive menace ever - perfect happiness. Based on a story by Theodore Sturgeon.