Range of Novels

Here is the full range of new novels promoted by Diadem Books. Most of these novels are available through on-line bookstores such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Borders.com and Booksamillion.com.   Click here for romance novels.   Click here for children's novels.

Dolman             by Victoria David

UK price: £12.00     US price: $22.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 408 ISBN: 0-595-52112-6 Published: Jun-2008

Genetic engineering in the Highlands. A story of one solution to the threat of climate change.

Churchill's Darkest Fear      by Alan Charles Dickens

UK price: £10.00    US price: $18.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 306 ISBN: 0-595-48363-1 Published: Feb-2008

Satan's Revenge        by Robert Henry

UK price: £6.00    US price: $10.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 124 ISBN: 0-595-48762-9 Published: Jan-2008

A Gothic novel, set in the northeast of England, late 19th Century, early 20th Century. A spellbinding read!

Innocence Lost        by Vivienne Dockerty

UK price: £7.99   plus £1 postage & packaging Publisher: My Book Size, pages: A5 (148 x 210 mm), 288 pages Book cover: soft cover Publication date:   March 2007 ISBN: 978-83-89770-74-5 Category: Novels

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Growing up in the Dockerty household in the austere years after World War 2, with a father who reigned supreme as head of the household and a mother who was duty bound didn't bode well for a middle child that was defiant and rebellious. My childhood moulded me into the teenager I became, looking for love in the wrong quarters, facing challenges through situations brought upon me and the choices I made that affected my life in my adult years — Vivienne Dockerty

Set in 18880s Texas, Gunfire is a gripping tale of passion, ambition and betrayal.

 

Davey Watson was an ordinary boy—an embittered child of Scotland's Killing Times. His mother was a saint in heaven. His father was a bully and a thief. His master was the amazing Mr Allan. Strange guardian angels guide the ragamuffin hero through the dangers and deceptions of Scotland's Civil War. And a mysterious destiny carries the savage boy along twisting roads that lead to God, or glory, or the gallows.

Tense, gripping and with a rich seam of black humour, Settled Out Of Court is the latest thriller from Bryan Marlowe—a man with a literary mission of his own.

A sequel to Genesis 2, The Genesis Debt continues the nail biting dramatisation of the conflict between the tyrannical Gnathe Link-soo-shan and the recreated humans on the shrunken planet, Jupiter, over six million years in the future. The Genesis Debt will be paid by the Gnathe by defying the laws of space and time

Be warned; don’t be fooled by Gary Remington’s gentlemanly demeanour. He’s a tough, war-hardened ex-sergeant major, who exercises unremitting relentlessness in whatever he undertakes. He’s now on a mission of merciless vengeance and he’ll take no prisoners!

Whispering Grass, like Selengai before it, evokes that delightful time of colonial stability when farmers and British settlers planned and schemed in what is now a lost world - a world that was eventually swept away by the winds of change that culminated in Uhuru.

The setting is Britain following the Roman invasion in the time of Boudica. In the centre, a damaged adolescent comes to power. In a far, new Province, the dismantling of Celtic institutions and the opening of the territory to World trade is blocked by a furious native rebellion.

It's the cold war in the Far East and a chain of deadly circumstances forces two former world war heroes to form an alliance to save those they love in a final desperate act of heroism and redemption.

"Heroin is like falling in love—you just can't help yourself..." This vivid, dramatic and disturbing novel is based on a true story of the drug scene in Hong Kong and Manila.

A romantic saga dedicated to those who have lost the love of their life and live in hope of one day regaining it.

A seasoned mercenary, having returned from a recent contract in the Dark Continent, receives a message from a lifelong friend who is dying from cancer.

Memoirs of an Errant Youth—a tongue in cheek account of the author’s early years of employment in wartime Britain and the immediate post-war period of austerity.

Horror/thriller with more u-turns than a minister of Parliament! A real page-turner of suspense in the Stephen King tradition.

Selengai is an evocative and nostalgic story of colonial Africa, set in Kenya before Uhuru.

A young engineer’s introduction to the hardships of life at sea and the vicissitudes of war on the heroic Pedestal convoy to Malta during WW 11.

In two spellbinding books the author follows the military exploits of his hero, first in a futuristic account of the Third World War, and then in some dramatic scenes in Germany and Scotland, with a memorable maritime skirmish in the English Channel.

Hitler sent a mission to an island off the coast of Wales during the Second World War in the belief that the Templar Treasure was located there and its seizure would secure world domination for the Nazis. Are such aspirations behind the present mayhem when the birds and livestock on the island go berserk?

The novel is extremely well written, imaginative, and full of great ideas and concepts, which at its best reminds and bears similar styles to the works of Niven and Pournelle. It examines how alien races may differ in their culture and beliefs, and brings the reader a wonderful tale of how these races interact with the human survivors of Earth.

What will happen when the two most powerful forces in the world—sex and religion—collide with the sex and religion of other planets and cultures? As usual, this author has no hesitation in stripping his male characters (both human and alien) to fully explore the mind-boggling possibilities.

This true story of a love rooted in Hungary, a saga in the spirit of Doctor Zhivago, set in the chaotic times when the Russian revolution swamped the lives of the landed gentry in Hungary, will fascinate and move the reader to tears of sadness and joy.

The fascinating story of a man who loses his Russian identity to assume various fraudulent identities to further a life of crime—a survival strategy in a world besieged by fraud and con-men. The book, in effect, extols the value of truth and honesty.

The book covers a lifetime of serving in the Catholic Church combined with the renegade lifestyle of seven lads who became men and dealt with the hysterical consequences of being holy and sinful.

This enthralling historical novel re-enacts the invasion of Britain by Rome. Political murder, intrigue, mutiny and invasion, underpinned by business deals on an imperial scale, are set against the struggle for freedom of an artistic and warlike people.

This is an enchanting fairy tale for adults that will keep you turning the pages in eager suspense. Will it end in glory or in tragedy?

Set in the sixties with its anti-war demonstrations, flower power and hippy culture, this is an intriguing novel about the war in Vietnam and why it happened, with some mind-blowing implications.

Romantic tale of a transatlantic affair between an American and her British second cousin. Lots of thwarted passion and appetite for life as the hero and heroine cross their emotional and cultural barriers. 

This is an intriguing journey into the capital city of Luxembourg, European life and the heart of the protagonist, Sabina, as she embarks on a personal quest to cure herself of ‘life deficiency’.

This is an enthralling novel about international conspiracy, murder of a Prime Minister and the overthrow of the British Monarchy, set in the near future.

This fascinating story of a little girl in a remote land around the west coast of Africa will hold you spellbound as she grows up and becomes immersed in the world of a Soho stripper.

He was a powerful magician, who had taken her with him across a dark landscape, peopled with trapped souls. And in the end, he had not allowed her to refuse him anything, even the most intimate invasion of all...

In the tradition of Joseph Conrad, the author explores the heart of darkness in a traditional African village. But unlike authors in the Great Tradition, his young hero, a Congolese boy, discovers himself by moving from the city to the country, not, like Pip in Great Expectations, from the country to the city.

An Odyssey of Murder is a thoroughly fascinating and compelling novel with its insight into the mind of a serial killer.  

A fast-paced thriller of adventure, murder and romance set in the violent and treacherous, yet exotic world of the Amazon.

Under the Batholith           by Kurt Larson

US price: $31.95     UK price £26.99 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 694 ISBN: 0-595-26781-5 Published: Jan-2003

This absorbing narrative will keep you turning the pages as you follow the sexual encounters and fortunes of a young mining engineer, from the vast territories of Wyoming and Nevada to the majestic splendour of the Scottish Highlands, evoking passions ranging through lust, greed, and genuine love.

Milly the Bitch                
A Bulldog Farce                   
by Jennifer D Wayman            

US price: $12.95           UK price: £10.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 168
ISBN: 0-595-26174-4
Publication Date: Dec-2002

This phantasmagorical farce presents a hilarious madcap search for the missing owner of a jinxed bulldog. The comedy is enhanced by the psychedelic characters—a harassed nightmare-prone East-End cabbie and a loony old French mademoiselle sculptress whose only means of ensnaring a man is by a canine curse!

A Farewell to Skiing            
A Novel
by Kurt Larson   

US price: $15.95       UK price: £13.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 290
ISBN: 0-595-25625-2
Publication Date: Oct-2002

This skiing adventure with evocative settings in Switzerland and the Scottish Highlands will captivate you with its two strands as it brings together two loves, one for a fun-loving English girl, the other for a piquant Scottish girl.

The Ten Percent Man          
A Novel
by Moss Tosney   

£26.49 in UK          $30.95 in US
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 648
ISBN: 0-595-25794-1
Publication Date: Dec-2002

The novel presents a horrific futuristic scenario where a young doctor pits himself against a new Goliath, a gigantic and ruthless pseudo-medical corporation that buys and sells human organs for profit. Is the novel
a warning—or a prediction?

Red Enemy           
A Novel
by Chester Cole   

US price: $14.95         UK price: £12.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 244
ISBN: 0-595-25665-1
Publication Date: Nov-2002

A fast-moving thriller presenting a multinational cast of heroes and villains led by an American before and after the Cold War ended in Europe.

The Throne of Pharaohs       
A Novel
by Irene Roberts   

US price: $16.95     UK price: £14.49
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 234
ISBN: 0-595-25623-6
Publication Date: Nov-2002

This colourful tale of intrigue, love and lust, ruthless cruelty and power in the time of the Pharaohs, will hold you spellbound. The explicit scenes of violence, human sacrifice and exotic sensuality weave a magic that will keep you entranced until the final page.

Kingdom of the Sun
A Novel
by Irene Roberts   

US price: $15.95      UK price: £13.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 284
ISBN: 0-595-25961-8
Publication Date: Dec-2002

Set in ancient Egypt, this is a love story, tender and at the same time erotic and sensitive, that will enchant and captivate the reader—with its splendour of historical detail and explicit, unflinchingly sanguine portrayal of a time notorious for its savagery and cruelty.

Song of the Nile
A Novel
by Irene Roberts   

US price: $15.95         UK price: £13.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 278
ISBN: 0-595-26114-0
Publication Date: Dec-2002

An enchanting and endearing love story, tender yet erotic, set in the sensual splendour and ruthless brutality of ancient Egypt.

Baptism in Siberia         
A Novel
by Christopher Sarton   

UK Price £12.99     $14.95 in US
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 248
ISBN: 0-595-25085-8
Publication Date: Oct-2002

A powerful, thought-provoking journey toward spiritual truth, Sarton's novel is a unique exploration of several major religions of the world.

Is Life Fate or Destiny?         
A Novel
by A. J. Bushy   

US price: $15.95       UK price: £13.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 286
ISBN: 0-595-24653-2
Publication Date: Sep-2002

Is Life fate or Destiny? This is a fast-paced thriller that brings together a multiplicity of love stories with sexual realism, ending in a shootout in Gibraltar that shocked the world.

Ebony                        
WW 1 Charger
by Dalton Alexander   

UK Price £12.99       $14.95 in US
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 168
ISBN: 0-595-24677-X
Publication Date: Sep-2002

This is a vivid and absorbing account of the frightening hardships and victories of the First World War, focused around the role played by a General’s splendid and heroic horse, Ebony.

John Paul Jones
Father of the United States Navy           
by Wallace Bruce   

US price: $18.95    UK price £15.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 300
ISBN: 0-595-24232-4
Publication Date: Aug-2002
John Paul Jones: the Father of the US Navy is not just a novel, but an essential slice of living US naval history that traces the link between a barefooted son of a Scottish gardener to the raising of the Stars and Stripes on the moon.

Winter Carnival (Queen)            
A Novel
by Kurt Larson   

US price: $18.95    UK price £15.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 344
ISBN: 0-595-23616-2
Publication Date: Jul-2002
This skiing adventure novel will draw the reader into the spectacular winter wilderness of Upper Michigan and the aspirations and triumphs of a young engineering student as he discovers a new and rewarding relationship.

Edge of the Glen               
A Novel
by Clifford Geddes   

US price: $14.95    UK price £12.99
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 256
ISBN: 0-595-23621-9
Publication Date: Jul-2002

International villainy set in a Scottish landscape. At last, the authentic echo of John Buchan's Hannay novels rung out for today!

Hardcore            
A Novel
by Philip Moss   

UK Price £10.99       $12.95 in US
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 178
ISBN: 0-595-23943-9
Publication Date: Aug-2002


After the death of his girlfriend, Hardcore, a high ranked member of the Malino crime family, seeks vengeance on the people he blames for her demise, leading him down a violent and unexpected path.

BRANIGAN     by  Filton Hebbard       Published by Writers Club Press   This is the story of one man's love for his wife and for the family he lost and for many years did not find. It is set against the West Australian goldfields where few men could be trusted and many paid the ultimate penalty for their betrayal.  A rough novel with with an underlying tenderness.

TIPSY MARSH    by  Filton Hebbard       Published by Writers Club Press   Tipsy Marsh is the story of a woman who battles against the odds in a man’s world -- the stark, harsh world of the Australian bush in the pioneering gold-mining days. She fights for her children and respectability, haunted by the spectre of murder

	WHEEL OF FORTUNE  in TWO VOLUMES. Writers Club Press  by  Humphrey Muller   US price  $18.95 (Vol 1), & $19.95 (Vol 2) U K Price: £15.99 per volume More info
	This is both a thriller and a love story written with a wide or popular readership in mind. While the novel is primarily a thriller and therefore a piece of escapist fiction rather than a serious novel, the reader will be aware of the serious themes, the satire and underlying vein of comedy which may echo something of the wry vision of Graham Greene.

CONTINENTAL   DRIFT    by  Humphrey Muller.     Published by Writers Club Press.  This is a Bildungsroman, or a novel of character growth, presenting a form of self-discovery for the protagonist who wrestles with a hopeless marriage and unfulfilling business, and who finally realises a dream. The novel embodies many of the life-changing ideas expressed by James Redfield in The Celestial Prophecy (Bantam Books).
US: $21.95       U.K.Price: £14.93         More info

 A  TWIST  IN  TIME   by  Humphrey  Muller.    Published by Writers Press Club.  The main theme of this novel is destiny and time. Can we really alter time? Would we - or could we - change any details of our lives if we had the opportunity to go back in time? This is a question I’ve often mulled over, so in the end I wrote a novel about it.    US price $13.95    UK price £11.99

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THE  CAGE   AND  THE  CROSS   by   Humphrey   Muller.   Published by Writers Club Press.  A Christian novel of salvation based on an actual person, a prisoner in Pretoria Central Prison who committed suicide in 1975.   US price $10.75   UK price £7.21
The protagonist couldn't help falling in love, against his will. Those who knew him better tried to stop him, to draw him back, to tell him it was wrong, against the Law of God. But they couldn't stop him. Because the affair was with God. Or was it?  Perhaps the whole affair was just part of his imagination.  More info

THE  SPIRIT OF ECSTASY  by Carolyn Charles.  Published by Writers Club Press.   This is a romance based on computer dating.  Richard Vance, a nuclear physicist from South Africa, visits Britain armed with three names he received from Compudate, a computer dating agency -- and he is suitably mis-matched!  The fact that one of the dates appears to know a lot more of weapon-grade enriched uranium than is likely for a district nurse adds an element of intrigue.   Price $14.95   £10.40       More info

LAURA'S SECRET  by Elsie MacMillan Young and Humphrey Muller.  Published by Writers Club Press.   At 13 Laura enters service as a kitchen maid in Millfield Hall. The Mistress is soon enamoured of her, promotes her to ladies maid and gives her a magnificent brooch as a token of her affection. When Laura trains as a nurse after the outbreak of the Great War she is raped by a shell-shocked officer. This sets in motion a sequence of events that lead her to harbour a terrible secret by the time World War II breaks out.   More info   $11.95    £7.89 

RANULF THE NORMAN. Historical romance 
by Philip Ordinaire.  Published by Writers Club Press, 2000.
Set in conquered Saxon Britain, the population resentfully accepts their Norman masters. Amid the hate and despair, a young Norman knight is given a manor and lands for services rendered to the King on the battlefield. But when he attempts to claim what is rightfully his, he is implacably opposed by the beautiful but warlike former Lady of the Manor. Their battle for dominance is carried out in the harsh and cruel times immediately following the conquest.  

RAPTURE AT SEA  by Carolyn & Humphrey Muller. Published by Writers Club Press.  A Christian novel.   As the year 2000 approaches for many the prospect of Christ's promised return becomes more of a reality. So what if the Parousia, or the Rapture does take place?   What if Christ returns to Earth while some are at sea?   Would some be taken, and some left?  What might happen to those passengers on a sea voyage?
More info        $13.95          £9.85 

LOVE IN A NUTBAG  by Lisa Ammerman. Published by Writers Club Press.  Love in a Nutbag presents a combination of literary and intellectual as well as sexual and romantic interest. The story is a “parallel montage” in the lives of two women —— the modern granddaughter and the dead grandmother, suggesting how the two lives are bound together in a common quest for those epiphanies, or moments of intense (often sexual) fulfillment, that come out of the “nutbag” that our otherwise humdrum and prosaic lives occasionally present to us.

More info        $13.95          £11.64 

Killer Genes
A Novel
by Filton Hebbard   US price: $15.95     UK price £11.11
Format: Paperback
Size: 6 x 9
Pages: 276
ISBN: 0-595-20991-2
Publication Date: Nov-2001

Killer Genes, a novel that evokes the harsh environment and rough characters of the Australian outback in the pioneering gold-mining days, is the latest work to emerge from the author’s fertile imagination.

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