As his family disintegrates around him, a university professor embarks on an affair with a student. His theoretical insights into the processes at work cannot avert the reality of the consequences. Based on a true story.
Category: Books
The Coachman Rat
published in UK (Robinson, Longman), USA (Carroll & Graf, Baen Books), Spain and Germany (under the title Ashmadi). Available from Amazon. The Woman of Light transforms Robert the rat into a coachman to drive Amadea to the ball. At midnight, he becomes a rat again, but retains the power of human speech. His quest to regain his humanity leads to a chain of tragic events, culminating in a bloody war between rats and men.
UK: “Engrossing, enthralling, enchanting and enlightening.” (Time Out).
USA: “Powerful and grim, the novel has at its heart a strong humanistic concern over man’s inhumanity to man […] This is not a fairy tale for children, unless you want to risk them having nightmares of their own – but it is an intelligent and thought-provoking tale for adults.” Carolyn Cushman, Locus.
Europe: “A gripping and thought-provoking fairy tale about otherness, about love, about humanity and truthfulness.” Wiener Zeitung
Dawnrose
(published in Germany by Wolfgang Krüger Verlag, and S. Fischer Verlag as Der Fluch der achten Fee).
When Prince Alonso awakens the sleeping princess and takes her back to the palace, the royal family, their advisers, the clergy and others try to unravel the dark secrets of her past. But these are nothing compared to the horrors of the present, when the curse of the eighth fairy begins to take full effect.
“It was more exciting than the best thriller.” Ahlener Volkszeitung.
“At first you think it’s Sleeping Beauty, an ancient story retold […] But swiftly the tale becomes a mystic drama in time, a psychological history, a thriller. [Wilson] tells his tale unpretentiously, but precisely, and so rivetingly that one resents any interruption.” Buchjournal
Okonko Father of the Nation
Did you know that Gaddafi, Assad, Mubarak, Saddam, Mugabe, Amin, Ceaucescu, Stalin & Co were all one person? His name is Okonko, and you can read his memoirs here.
My Favourite Animal Families
Wonderful photographs of young animals sure to capture children’s (and adults’) hearts.
Photos: Steve Bloom. Text: David Henry Wilson
Elephants
A fact-filled visual treat for elephant fans.
Photos: Steve Bloom. Text: David Henry Wilson
Little Billy and the Wump
The Wump is a monster with a mission for destruction and an unprickable conscience. During the course of his day, he squashes houses, removes cathedral rooves and steps on the royal palace. Then he meets Billy, a little boy from outer space, and begins to understand the meaning of being nice.
