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John Broughton's Expulsion is a historically accurate, riveting adventure set in the medieval times, where riches and power are in the reach of the resourceful, and death is always just one step away.

It is AD 689, and Cynethryth is returning from Rome, carrying her dead husband's child. She soon gives birth to a son, Aethelheard, whose parentage alone places him in danger. His mother has a tough choice to make and travels to Dorset, where the king is a cousin of her late husband.

As humankind struggles for survival, an ancient race of creators sets in motion a plan that will define the future of planet Earth. In the middle of it all are Mark and Charlotte: two teenagers oblivious to what is happening around them, or why they have been chosen. Abducted and altered, the two soon become pawns in a game beyond their comprehension. With the fate of the human race hanging in the balance, will they find their way to a new Garden of Eden, or face complete annihilation?

Detective Inspectors Vance and Shepherd reunite in the second book in John Broughton's Vance And Shepherd Mysteries. After a murder is committed in a quiet suburban subway under a tramline, it becomes obvious that the murder squad is dealing with a copycat killer.

Detective Inspector Jacob Vance and his assistant, Detective Sergeant Brittany Shepherd, are called upon to prevent a series of murders across London. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner has provoked a psychopath with her inaugural speech. Soon later, the commissioner receives a letter threatening a series of nine killings, culminating in "the big one", unless the police chief retracts her speech with a public apology. To disprove her statements, the killer adds colour and poetry to the murders, all committed in the name of the mysterious Lord Robert.

Christ Church Priory, Canterbury, 990 AD. Orphaned by Vikings, Folcwin and his elder brother, Aelfwynn, have become excellent scribes. Their lives, enlivened by sibling rivalry, are upset by a competition to illuminate a commissioned psalter. After Folcwin is selected the victor, his brother is accused of murdering another competitor, and he escapes. While Aelfwynn begins a patriotic battle against Viking raiders, Folcwin’s fame as a scribe increases.

Cuando Rick Hughes recibe un relicario como regalo de su viejo amigo Gary, el no tiene ni idea de en lo que se esta metiendo. Su viejo amigo le arrastra hasta una yacimiento arqueológico. Allí Rick descubre por casualidad un portal que le lleva al siglo VIII en medio de una invasión vikinga. Después de descubrir un sorprendente nexo de unión con el presente, Rick esta decidido a salvar al pueblo de la destrucción y a encontrar una explicación científica para lo que le ha sucedido.