The Jack Flint Trilogy is his first venture at telling +
The Book of Ways trilogy is his first venture at telling stories for the young at heart.
Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and diff --git a/build/Full Proof/OEBPS/ch05.xhtml b/build/Full Proof/OEBPS/ch05.xhtml index cfd1c18..07d2102 100644 --- a/build/Full Proof/OEBPS/ch05.xhtml +++ b/build/Full Proof/OEBPS/ch05.xhtml @@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ desires. And Gus Ferguson's big black champion was busily trying to hump one of the runners who seemed to take great exception to having a dog's sharp business end rammed up its sphincter.
-Ferguson's minders waded in and tried to separate them, grabbing each dog by the scroff of the neck. The one under +
Ferguson's minders waded in and tried to separate them, grabbing each dog by the scruff of the neck. The one under Ferguson's dog came willingly, but the big beast arched its neck and sunk its canines into Seggs Cullen's palm.
He bawled in pain. Instinctively his meaty free hand came down in a swift arc and caught the dig on the side of the @@ -710,7 +710,7 @@
"You sit here son. I'll take care of this."
-Sandy picked up a ballpeen hammer from the toolbox and hefted a big stilson wrench in the other hand. The back of his +
Sandy picked up a ball-peen hammer from the toolbox and hefted a big stilson wrench in the other hand. The back of his hands were oil-streaked and the overalls stained. He would look just like a man working with car parts. No need to look tough or stupid, just handy.
diff --git a/build/Full Proof/OEBPS/ch22.xhtml b/build/Full Proof/OEBPS/ch22.xhtml index 9a404a0..f6ce012 100644 --- a/build/Full Proof/OEBPS/ch22.xhtml +++ b/build/Full Proof/OEBPS/ch22.xhtml @@ -51,7 +51,7 @@"Okay, okay," he forced the anger out of his voice, made it sound anxious. "I'll be there."
Michael was out of view when he arrived. Besides Ferguson and the usual shadows, there were a couple of others there, - hard men from Corrieside. Jack knew them, Buzz Barclay, Face McQueen who'd had a run in with a heavy ballpeen hammer + hard men from Corrieside. Jack knew them, Buzz Barclay, Face McQueen who'd had a run in with a heavy ball-peen hammer once that had crumpled his cheekbone and left him lopsided and wall-eyed.
"Down to business," Ferguson said. Jack watched him, stocky, but charged with energy, all set to make a big diff --git a/build/bane/OEBPS/bio.xhtml b/build/bane/OEBPS/bio.xhtml index d418c5e..7fee9b2 100644 --- a/build/bane/OEBPS/bio.xhtml +++ b/build/bane/OEBPS/bio.xhtml @@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
- -The Jack Flint Trilogy is his first venture at telling +
The Book of Ways trilogy is his first venture at telling stories for the young at heart.
Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and diff --git a/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/001.xhtml b/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/001.xhtml index 3e18805..9ac9d29 100644 --- a/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/001.xhtml +++ b/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/001.xhtml @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
Danny Gillan shivered again and though none of the other boys noticed, his eyes had taken on that flat look of someone whose attention is far away.
-"Just like when they were looking for the body," Corky said, running with his story. He was goopd at that. "Remember? I thought they were firing cannons from the castle to raise him up. I read that too. They fired cannons over the water when they got a man lost overboard. In Treasure Island. The noise brought bodies up to the top."
+"Just like when they were looking for the body," Corky said, running with his story. He was good at that. "Remember? I thought they were firing cannons from the castle to raise him up. I read that too. They fired cannons over the water when they got a man lost overboard. In Treasure Island. The noise brought bodies up to the top."
"Like, wake them up, you mean?" Doug asked. Corky shrugged.
diff --git a/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/010.xhtml b/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/010.xhtml index fcfc449..71691fe 100644 --- a/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/010.xhtml +++ b/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/010.xhtml @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ and knew the paths. But you have to remember when it was. -"What I man is that there were no credit cards or the like. +
"What I mean is that there were no credit cards or the like. "There was more work then, at least more than there is today and people came to work the bottling lines for the summer and then were off again. There were potato-pickers and dry-stone wallers, and @@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
"The only thing we had was that people noticed more. If it was somebody who lived in the town, he'd have been recognised and a stranger would be noticed. That's why that poor Indian fellow got - such a beating up by Arden Road. Our man man was cunning enough, + such a beating up by Arden Road. Our man was cunning enough, though he took risks and let himself be seen a couple of times. That made him arrogant and maybe not in control of himself.
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ want to impart some of the taste, the bitter apples and hard pears and exotic black grapes. -But remember also that the five of us boys knew reach other, had +
But remember also that the five of us boys knew each other, had known each other and you know what it's like being a kid of thirteen or so, just getting ready for your hormones to kick in, getting set for big strides into that big world up ahead. You can't diff --git a/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/022.xhtml b/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/022.xhtml index 53f2d18..1b2cac6 100644 --- a/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/022.xhtml +++ b/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/022.xhtml @@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
"And you Billy. So what? Your engine's all seized because your old man wasn't a great hero, or whatever he was who the hell knows? I'm sorry. We're all sorry, even Doug with his big mouth, he's - sorry too. Sure youb are Doug?"
+ sorry too. Sure you are Doug?"Doug looked up, opened his big mouth then thought better of it. He did look sorry. He looked wretched, blinking shiny eyes.
diff --git a/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/bio.xhtml b/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/bio.xhtml index 2ad7591..7fee9b2 100644 --- a/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/bio.xhtml +++ b/build/darkvalley/OEBPS/bio.xhtml @@ -1,51 +1,58 @@ + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> - -Joe Donnelly was born in Glasgow, in Scotland, close to the -River Clyde, but at a very young age he came to live in Dumbarton, -which is some miles from the city and close to Loch Lomond, Ben -Lomond and the Scottish Highlands.
-At the age of 18, he decided to become a journalist and found a -job in the Helensburgh Advertiser, a local paper in a neighbouring -town where he learned the first essential of writing: how to type. -Quickly.
-A few years later, at the age of 22, he became editor of his -local newspaper, the Lennox Herald in Dumbarton, before moving to -the Evening Times and then the Sunday mail in Glasgow where he -became an investigative journalist.
-During his career he won several awards for newspaper work -including Reporter of the Year, Campaigning Journalist and Consumer -Journalist.
-It was while working in newspapers that he wrote his first -novel, Bane, an adult chiller, which was followed by eight -other novels, mostly set in and around the West of Scotland and -loosely based on Celtic Mythology.
-This was followed by Stone, The Shee, -Shrike, Still Life, Havock Junction, -Incubus and Dark Valley.
-Recently he decided to write for children, although he says his -books are aimed at "young people of all ages, those with some -adventure in their soul."
-The Jack Flint Trilogy is his first venture at telling -stories for the young at heart.
-Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and -another rollicking adventure for young people, based on Nordic -mythology.
-Joe Donnelly was born in Glasgow, in Scotland, close to the + River Clyde, but at a very young age he came to live in Dumbarton, + which is some miles from the city and close to Loch Lomond, Ben + Lomond and the Scottish Highlands.
+ +At the age of 18, he decided to become a journalist and found a + job in the Helensburgh Advertiser, a local paper in a neighbouring + town where he learned the first essential of writing: how to type. + Quickly.
+ +A few years later, at the age of 22, he became editor of his + local newspaper, the Lennox Herald in Dumbarton, before moving to + the Evening Times and then the Sunday mail in Glasgow where he + became an investigative journalist.
+ +During his career he won several awards for newspaper work + including Reporter of the Year, Campaigning Journalist and Consumer + Journalist.
+ +It was while working in newspapers that he wrote his first + novel, Bane, an adult chiller, which was followed by eight + other novels, mostly set in and around the West of Scotland and + loosely based on Celtic Mythology.
+ +This was followed by Stone, The Shee, + Shrike, Still Life, Havock Junction, + Incubus and Dark Valley.
+ +Recently he decided to write for children, although he says his + books are aimed at "young people of all ages, those with some + adventure in their soul."
+ +The Book of Ways trilogy is his first venture at telling + stories for the young at heart.
+ +Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and + another rollicking adventure for young people, based on Nordic + mythology.
+Joe Donnelly was born in Glasgow, in Scotland, close to the -River Clyde, but at a very young age he came to live in Dumbarton, -which is some miles from the city and close to Loch Lomond, Ben -Lomond and the Scottish Highlands.
-At the age of 18, he decided to become a journalist and found a -job in the Helensburgh Advertiser, a local paper in a neighbouring -town where he learned the first essential of writing: how to type. -Quickly.
-A few years later, at the age of 22, he became editor of his -local newspaper, the Lennox Herald in Dumbarton, before moving to -the Evening Times and then the Sunday mail in Glasgow where he -became an investigative journalist.
-During his career he won several awards for newspaper work -including Reporter of the Year, Campaigning Journalist and Consumer -Journalist.
-It was while working in newspapers that he wrote his first -novel, Bane, an adult chiller, which was followed by eight -other novels, mostly set in and around the West of Scotland and -loosely based on Celtic Mythology.
-This was followed by Stone, The Shee, -Shrike, Still Life, Havock Junction, -Incubus and Dark Valley.
-Recently he decided to write for children, although he says his -books are aimed at "young people of all ages, those with some -adventure in their soul."
-The Jack Flint Trilogy is his first venture at telling -stories for the young at heart.
-Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and -another rollicking adventure for young people, based on Nordic -mythology.
-Joe Donnelly was born in Glasgow, in Scotland, close to the + River Clyde, but at a very young age he came to live in Dumbarton, + which is some miles from the city and close to Loch Lomond, Ben + Lomond and the Scottish Highlands.
+ +At the age of 18, he decided to become a journalist and found a + job in the Helensburgh Advertiser, a local paper in a neighbouring + town where he learned the first essential of writing: how to type. + Quickly.
+ +A few years later, at the age of 22, he became editor of his + local newspaper, the Lennox Herald in Dumbarton, before moving to + the Evening Times and then the Sunday mail in Glasgow where he + became an investigative journalist.
+ +During his career he won several awards for newspaper work + including Reporter of the Year, Campaigning Journalist and Consumer + Journalist.
+ +It was while working in newspapers that he wrote his first + novel, Bane, an adult chiller, which was followed by eight + other novels, mostly set in and around the West of Scotland and + loosely based on Celtic Mythology.
+ +This was followed by Stone, The Shee, + Shrike, Still Life, Havock Junction, + Incubus and Dark Valley.
+ +Recently he decided to write for children, although he says his + books are aimed at "young people of all ages, those with some + adventure in their soul."
+ +The Book of Ways trilogy is his first venture at telling + stories for the young at heart.
+ +Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and + another rollicking adventure for young people, based on Nordic + mythology.
+Go go go go get gone. Go now.
-She could feel herself turn and pull away, to stop still. Her mind tried to fight the dreadful imperative, but a sharp pain, keen as glass, razored in behind her eyes, crystal clear and so powerful it blinded her momentarily. She shook herself, more in reaction to the hurt, to shuck it away, and when her vision came back all the dark images were tinged I n a deeper red and they were doubled up, wavering apart in dizzying duplication before they jostled back into conjunction.
+She could feel herself turn and pull away, to stop still. Her mind tried to fight the dreadful imperative, but a sharp pain, keen as glass, razored in behind her eyes, crystal clear and so powerful it blinded her momentarily. She shook herself, more in reaction to the hurt, to shuck it away, and when her vision came back all the dark images were tinged in a deeper red and they were doubled up, wavering apart in dizzying duplication before they jostled back into conjunction.
Oh please. Mother. Oh no. Her mind, the part of it that she could still use, was babbling in baby talk.
diff --git a/build/incubus/OEBPS/incubus31.xhtml b/build/incubus/OEBPS/incubus31.xhtml index ba359d6..c0a1b98 100644 --- a/build/incubus/OEBPS/incubus31.xhtml +++ b/build/incubus/OEBPS/incubus31.xhtml @@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ ignored them. Early bats whispered their subsonic chatter, chasing the few insects flying at this time of the year. They avoided him as instinctively as he headed for the centre of the coppice, through the impenetrable mounds of bramble and hawthorn. Over in a -gnarled oak, a tawny owl opened an eye and saw hiss shape moving. +gnarled oak, a tawny owl opened an eye and saw his shape moving. It opened the other, let out a hoot of alarm and took off on whispering wings. He felt its fright radiate in the air, but ignored it, his concentration fixed on his own need. diff --git a/build/index.html b/build/index.html index 7d62f97..8cf598e 100644 --- a/build/index.html +++ b/build/index.html @@ -23,10 +23,8 @@The Jack Flint Trilogy is his first venture at telling +
The Book of Ways trilogy is his first venture at telling stories for the young at heart.
Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and diff --git a/build/mythlands/OEBPS/blurb.xhtml b/build/mythlands/OEBPS/blurb.xhtml index dfd0417..02b69dc 100644 --- a/build/mythlands/OEBPS/blurb.xhtml +++ b/build/mythlands/OEBPS/blurb.xhtml @@ -16,26 +16,20 @@
The town is on its knees. The jobs have gone. The companies have shut or sold out.
+Part 1 of the Book of Ways mythic trilogy.
-The only distillery is about to close just after the last batch of high-octane vintage scotch is bottled and - shipped.
+They are running for their lives, from a hideous dark menace. But when Jack Flint and his friend Kerry Malone + run through a ring of ancient standing stones, something happens that will change their lives.
-But that batch is 250,000 gallons of full-proof whisky. It’s worth MILLIONS.
+They find they have been catapulted into the ancient Celtic mythical land of Temair. And to find their way + back home, they must face the terrible dangers in this world, dangers that will threaten their lives as an + ambitious chief attempts to raise the deadly demon Morrigan to conquer Temair.
-And it’s there for the taking.
+But there is good in this world too. The mysterious bards, the strange forest leprechauns, and a new friend, + Corriwen Redthorn, orphan daughter of a dead lord who is prepared to fight to the death for her + birthright.
-All it takes is somebody with an idea, and some friends willing to take a big risk.
- -It’s the only thing that can turn a ghost town into a boom-town.
- -As long as you can outwit the cops. And the customs men. And the hoods who want it all.
- -It’s a tall order, but somebody has to do it. A man with a masterplan, and some crazy friends.
- -And nobody said you can’t have fun when you set out to save a town from the scrap-heap!
- -Joe Donnelly’s Full Proof is a roistering thriller, as high-octane as the scotch.
+Together, they will face all the dangers in a world of myth, magic and mayhem.
Preview of
-SPELLBINDER
-The next in the series
+Preview of
+SPELLBINDER
+The next in the Book of Ways mythic trilogy
-Corriwen Redthorn had vanished into another world.
+Corriwen Redthorn had vanished into another world.
She had tumbled, was thrown, through the space between the standing stones and she was gone. Disappeared.
Jack Flint lurched from the far side of the ring of stones. Kerry Malone had his arm around him, bracing him up. But for that, both of them would have sunk to the ground.
They were hurt. They were bruised and bloodied and Jack felt as if every inch of his body had been beaten. Blood was matted on Kerry's shoulder where the thing had hit him, slammed him into the air.
diff --git a/build/shrike/OEBPS/bio.xhtml b/build/shrike/OEBPS/bio.xhtml index 789b45e..7fee9b2 100644 --- a/build/shrike/OEBPS/bio.xhtml +++ b/build/shrike/OEBPS/bio.xhtml @@ -1,36 +1,57 @@ - + -Joe Donnelly was born in Glasgow, in Scotland, close to the River Clyde, but at a very young age he came to live in Dumbarton, which is some miles from the city and close to Loch Lomond, Ben Lomond and the Scottish Highlands.
+Joe Donnelly was born in Glasgow, in Scotland, close to the + River Clyde, but at a very young age he came to live in Dumbarton, + which is some miles from the city and close to Loch Lomond, Ben + Lomond and the Scottish Highlands.
-At the age of 18, he decided to become a journalist and found a job in the Helensburgh Advertiser, a local paper in a neighbouring town where he learned the first essential of writing: how to type. Quickly.
+At the age of 18, he decided to become a journalist and found a + job in the Helensburgh Advertiser, a local paper in a neighbouring + town where he learned the first essential of writing: how to type. + Quickly.
-A few years later, at the age of 22, he became editor of his local newspaper, the Lennox Herald in Dumbarton, before moving to the Evening Times and then the Sunday mail in Glasgow where he became an investigative journalist.
+A few years later, at the age of 22, he became editor of his + local newspaper, the Lennox Herald in Dumbarton, before moving to + the Evening Times and then the Sunday mail in Glasgow where he + became an investigative journalist.
-During his career he won several awards for newspaper work including Reporter of the Year, Campaigning Journalist and Consumer Journalist.
+During his career he won several awards for newspaper work + including Reporter of the Year, Campaigning Journalist and Consumer + Journalist.
-It was while working in newspapers that he wrote his first novel, - Bane, an adult chiller, which was followed by eight other novels, mostly set in and around the West of Scotland and loosely based on Celtic Mythology. -
+It was while working in newspapers that he wrote his first + novel, Bane, an adult chiller, which was followed by eight + other novels, mostly set in and around the West of Scotland and + loosely based on Celtic Mythology.
-This was followed by Stone, The Shee, Shrike, Still Life, - Havock Junction, Incubus and Dark Valley.
+This was followed by Stone, The Shee, + Shrike, Still Life, Havock Junction, + Incubus and Dark Valley.
-Recently he decided to write for children, although he says his books are aimed at "young people of all ages, those with some adventure in their soul."
+Recently he decided to write for children, although he says his + books are aimed at "young people of all ages, those with some + adventure in their soul."
-The Jack Flint Trilogy is his first venture at telling stories for the young at heart.
+The Book of Ways trilogy is his first venture at telling + stories for the young at heart.
-Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and another rollicking adventure for young people, based on Nordic mythology.
+Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and + another rollicking adventure for young people, based on Nordic + mythology.
The Jack Flint Trilogy is his first venture at telling +
The Book of Ways trilogy is his first venture at telling stories for the young at heart.
Joe is now working on two novels: A chiller for adults, and