Welcome to my Author Website.
During the past seven years, I
have
written and published five science fiction and
eleven historical novels, including the popular Pitt Family Saga of
nine stories set in the early 13th
Century.
The Science fiction stories fall into two groups, the Ozymandias trilogy, set in the not too distant future in which humanity discovers how to travel long distances at a significant proportion of the speed of light. This leads to the discovery of an unexpected link to other civilisations across the galaxy, which can be visited, once faster than light travel is developed by the group of scientists involved.
The second series of books - the Android Wars - travels 50,000 years into the future to a time when humanity has all but been hunted to extinction by a breed of Androids who blame mankind for deserting them on a planet four light-years away.
Historical novels include The Ice Cream Seller, a story which flits between 1865, 1917, 1944 and the modern era in an attempt to discover the truth about a number of murders throughout history.
Raptor, is the story of a young officer who, with his sister, becomes involved in the search for a British traitor during World War 1. It doesn't help that their cousin is head of German counter-intelligence who catches them in Belgium.
My most recent
series of books are the Pitt Family Saga, which
follow Gervase Pitt and his family as they work with the Knights
Templar to solve mysteries in 13th Century England - and
beyond.
The first tale,
The
French Carpenter, sees Gervase
shipwrecked off the Sussex coast, where he is given work by the
Templars and local lord, before becoming involved in preventing the
plot hatched by a French Priory to discredit the Templars, Baron de
Braose and (allegedly heretic) Cathars.
In
The
Templar Pitt, Gervase starts working for
the Order in London, where he is responsible for the discovery of a
corpse bearing documents calling into question the legitimate of
King John. His travels, and those of others, in search of an
acceptable alternative incumbent for the throne, puts him and
family members at risk.
In
The
Goldsmith's Apprentice, an apprentice is
wrongly hanged for killing his master, an elderly Anglo-Saxon
artisan. His family can do little to prevent this miscarriage of
justice, but undertake to prove he was innocent and bring the true
murderer to justice. In this third outing for the Pitt Family, the
stakes are higher than ever. It is their own son's life at
risk.
In The Flying Mason, Gervase has to investigate the death of a young mason on his building site at the Temple in London. Unfortunately, this leads him and the family into great danger, as a pattern of crime and killings is revealed.
In The
Butcher of Marseille, Gervase and his
wife accompany the daughter of disgraced baron William de Braose to
Paris and Marseille, where she is to be reunited with her fiancé.
Unfortunately, as castellan of Marseille, he is investigating a
series of grisly murders and could benefit from the help of
experienced investigators like the Pitts.
In
Murder at
the Tower, Gervase returns to London to
become involved in a difficult task at the Tower of London for the
Lord Chancellor. It is going well until a young maid is murdered
and Gervase falls under suspicion for the
killing.
In Death in
Durham, Gervase and his two eldest
children - Tommy and Ann - travel to Durham to meet the newly
elected Prince-Bishop, the former Bishop of Norwich. Unfortunately,
Ann discovers his corpse on the norning of his installation and the
family must investigate what happened.
In King
John's Jewells, Gervase and Tommy become
involved in events following the sealing of Magna Carta in
AD1215, leading up to the king's death 17 months
later.
In Chaos in
Cambridge, Ann travels to the new
university town to discover why Magna Carta did so little
for the interests of women and the poor. Unfortunately, it is
illegal for women to study, so subterfuge is required. All is going
well until a youth with whom she's living is found killed. Can the
family discover who is responsible?
All my books are available on Amazon, as e-books for £1.99. Most are also available in paperback.
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Stephen Phillips has been writing professionally for many years, focussing on investment and economic related issues. He has recently left the financial services industry in order to concentrate on creative writing. He is married with two adult children and lives in Kent.