On The Beach Tom Chatfield distant as the stars -

distant as the stars - until the day Casiopea opens a curious chest in her grandfather's room and accidentally frees an ancient Mayan god of death

neither knows the danger that will follow

Sandra Newman has tackled the world of Big Brother in a truly convincing way

Enslaved as concubine – war-wife – to King Agamemnon

But then his tenth birthday arrives

On The Beach Tom Chatfield distant as the stars -After the war is over, a radioactive cloud begins to sweep southwards on the winds, gradually poisoning everything in its path. An American submarine captain is among the survivors left sheltering in Australia, preparing with the locals for the inevitable. Despite his memories of his wife, he becomes close to a young woman struggling to accept the harsh realities of their situation. Then a faint Morse code signal is picked up, transmitting from the