Shadow of a Burning Star: Book One, The Burning Star Series

Shadow of a Burning Star: Book One, The Burning Star Series

RB Banfield

RB Banfield

Johnny “TC” Beggs, famous and heroic star pilot, is a washed-up figure whose only work is in offering to illegally ferry passengers to the new world Ancia. The passengers are keen to start a new life and maybe strike it rich, and are prepared to take a chance and ignore the danger signs.The is year 2108, and the paradise world Ancia is found but only a lucky few can get there. Washed-up pilot Johnny ‘TC’ Beggs offers secret passage, for a hefty price. Once he was a hero, a man of space, but when he played by his own rules he ended up on the scrap heap. His daughter Dawn wants him to stay on Earth, but his son Jupe thinks he should go and not come back. His passengers are Rolondo and Rebbi Rees, who want to start a new life, but are already at each other’s throats. Real Munro has plans to create a new nation, but his girlfriend doesn’t want to go with him. Morgan Calp sees big business opportunity, and is prepared to risk losing his trophy wife and three young children to get there. What they don’t expect is a shadowy crew, rumours of unsavoury financiers, a secret travelling companion, and exactly what this new world Ancia is.This twisting and turning novel asks what happens when ordinary men and women are placed in trying and terrifying circumstances.
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The Man Who Flew Too Much

The Man Who Flew Too Much

RB Banfield

RB Banfield

Bennet was a man who decided to put his dream to the test, and set about putting one foot to the air followed by the other, and not touch the ground again. He would be the first to defy the ground and soar into the blue.The Man Who Flew Too Much is a whimsical novella whimsical about dreams, love and a little bit too much of a good thing. It's also about those who dare to underestimate cats.There are some dreams that should remain tucked away with the night time, but Bennet Noble decided to live his. Just a few small steps, he planned, to see if his feet could leave the ground and if he could float down the hall and into the longue, and perhaps a little bit into the outside yard. No one knew why he did it, if it was for fame or merely more attention in the office at work. There was the possibility that it was only to gain the attention of young Fennel Richmoney, a woman deeply devoted to her cats and their education.When Fennel was a girl she tried to teach her family dog to read, but he only wanted to play fetch with the book. When she was older, she turned her attention to cats, and one by one assembled a formidable collection of wise felines, plus a couple of dumb ones.The Man Who Flew Too Much is a whimsical novella whimsical about dreams, love and a little bit too much of a good thing. It's also about those who dare to underestimate cats.
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The Great Assumption

The Great Assumption

RB Banfield

RB Banfield

When Roy Hoyle, pastor of a small community church, finds that his entire congregation has left him. Knowing it could not possibly be the Rapture, Roy looks for another answer. In this fast moving novel, set in the near future, we follow Roy as he sets about looking for answers, amongst unexpected friends and foes.When Roy Holye, pastor of a small community church, finds that his entire congregation has left him, he thinks he has fallen under divine judgment. He then discovers that many people are missing and no one knows what happened. Of all the possibilities, Roy is convinced that it wasn’t the Rapture. His church was founded by the brilliant Julius Mann and bases all of its teachings and practices on his writings, and he did not believe in modern interpretations of ancient prophecy.In this fast moving novel, set in the near future, we follow Roy as he sets about looking for answers, amongst unexpected friends and foes.
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The Writer

The Writer

RB Banfield

RB Banfield

Sophie has a dream to write her first novel and she plans on the perfect setting, her grandmother’s house in the quiet town of Gendry. There is both a mysterious stranger and a murder in the town. When police investigator Dan Ironwright is called in he finds more to Sophie than anyone expected.
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