NOVELS
In English
INSIGHT
Matt is troubled by his nine-year-old son. Something haunts him. Something deadly.
Matt, an accomplished small-town therapist, feels his world sinking into a whirlpool of puzzling events after the death of his wife. His son stops speaking, and his behavior turns unnerving. Supernatural abilities surface. Ghostly figures appear. A dark stranger stalks them. Then, his son disappears.
Holding fast to every inch of his training, his nerve, and his wits, Matt desperately searches for the child, plowing headfirst into a spiral of horrifying events as death, murder, and violence surge at every corner of the once-peaceful town.
Living his worst nightmare, Matt will have to do the unimaginable to save the ones he loves. And he will have to answer an eerie question: Was his wife’s death indeed an accident?
If you like surprising yet horrifying stories of love and parenting, with ghosts, superpowers, and other unnatural attributes, you’ll be enthralled by this suspenseful thriller.
LAURA AND THE SHADOW KING
In a devastated world, Spec Ops Lieutenant JJ Berger is out of faith. Until he finds a little girl that can change it all.
Since the spread of the pandemic and the retreat of organized society to isolated locations, JJ has seen it all. The leader of the Special Ops Shadow Team, he’s been in charge of connecting with the desperate pockets of healthy population in Spain and Portugal. And he no longer believes in a happy ending.
But when little Laura escapes her cruel captors, JJ becomes the only one between the girl and certain captivity. This unlikely pair becomes dependent on each other, and in the process he learns something new: that he who controls hope, controls the world.
With zombie-like sick people and dangerous gangs on one side and ruthless Russian invaders on the other, are JJ and his team strong and skillful enough to face the overwhelming odds? And why is everyone so keen on capturing this five-year-old girl?
If you like gritty zombie post-apocalyptic military action, you’ll like this roller-coaster thriller, set in fascinating distinct settings from the Portuguese Atlantic Islands, to devastated Lisbon, to the medieval-like plains of western Spain. Get it now!
THE ALEX 9 SAGA
The galaxy depends on her. But her destiny is her own and she’s going to fight for it.
Everyone is out to get Alex 9, for some reason. Trained since childhood by a powerful and secretive 22nd-century corporation to be a fierce elite commando, she is sent adrift into space after a daring mission on Mars. When she awakes from a 200-year sleep and learns she may never find her way back, a slimmer of hope appears in the dark.
Landing on an Earth-like planet where Humanity is still in the Middle Ages, she’s welcomed by a caring horse-breeder’s family. She tries to build a new home and a new life. But is she on this planet by chance? Why is there a prophecy of her arrival? And what dangers will it unleash?
Threatened by deadly sects of assassins, treacherous conspiracies, and the maelstrom of medieval war, Alex 9 holds the key to seal the fate of an entire galaxy. Can she survive and save the ones she loves?
If you like fast-paced military action, political intrigue, and galactic challenges, you’ll love this epic space opera. Join Alex on her thrilling voyage of self-discovery and buy it now!
THE DARK SEA WAR CHRONICLES
It’s a new kind of war. When you see them… it’s too late. But Byllard Iddo is a new kind of commander… and he’s about to become a legend.
After killing his father in a Martial Arts training accident at sixteen, Byllard Iddo joins the Space Navy to recover a sense of belonging. To be himself again among people who love and respect him. But now, everyone around him is getting killed in bloody battle.
The ruthless Axx Republic declared war, and in the deserted Dark Sea space, a vital economic artery where crucial convoys are almost defenseless, the deadly Silent Boats roam in the shadow, threatening to bring Byl’s home world to its knees. Each battle seems to rip a piece of his heart, but each time he fights back, something surprising occurs. Will he be able to recover from every cruel blow and bring the war back to the enemy?
And will anyone survive?
An award-winning epic tale of war, packed with spaceship battles and covert ops that decide the fate of an entire solar system.
SHORT STORIES
In English
MOONBEAM
A tale about a sword fit for the gods
The master blacksmiths of the Order of Magne, in the Monastery of Enttaris, take an order to build a sword from a raiding warlord. But does the knight deserve that sword? Visiting iron monk Enry de Ruges will have to take matters into his own hands. A story from the Alex 9 Saga universe.
SAM’S CHILDREN
Clayton 5 is risking it all – his dream job, his friends, his entire life. But is it worth it?
As he always wanted, Clayton 5, Alex 9’s first love, was accepted into the elite world of Takahashi-MacNamara’s Recon Unit, ready for any assignment on or off the planet Earth. But as the unit arrives at a training site in Australia, Clayton is confronted by his past and has to risk it all to find the remnants of his family. What will he find?
A story from the Alex 9 Saga universe.
THE LESSON
To fight or not to fight? That is the question.
As Prince Dael of Brodom tries to woe Princess Rayna of Remmon, a challenge of maturity stands in his way. Dael is out of his depth in this unknown and sophisticated court, but how he reacts to the stimuli around him may easily dictate his whole future. And maybe the future of the world.
A new free short story, happening a few years before the start of the upcoming Alex 9 Saga.
BAVRA
A flimsy young boy is chosen to be a great knight’s squire. But what was the reason for that choice? What makes the boy so special?
A story from the Alex 9 Saga universe.
CYBIL
Everyone wants Cybil. What’s her secret?
Back when young Byllard Iddo (The Dark Sea War Chronicles) was a lieutenant in Hull 3 of the majestic Magnar ship, he will have to step up when his crew start snapping at each other. In order to keep the peace, Iddo must find the cause and solve the problem.
THE HOLE
Lemos is hired to protect a bottle of water. What is he getting into?
In an alternative Lisbon, the story of a man burdened by his heart and chased by everyone under the zeppelin. A mysterious woman looks for Lemos offering to solve ‘his problem’ in exchange for protection for a bottle of water. But what problem? Asks Lemos while pocketing a few bills for expenses. From then on he’s the target of every foreign power in a pulp noir Alternative History filled with innovative electric machines and revolutionary concepts.
MARIA AND THE OCEAN
Maria is a normal girl with an extraordinary relationship with the sea. As climatic changes take effect, this relationship could save everyone around her.
MOVING
Paulo didn’t like having to move from his house. Who does? But his books are determined not to go. They just won’t let him pack.
NOVELS
In Portuguese
LAURA E O REI DAS SOMBRAS
A Humanidade está a morrer. Grande parte da população vive em ambiente selvagem como animais psicóticos, destruídos por uma doença aparentemente incurável. J.J.Berger e a sua Equipa Sombra defendem sem tréguas os últimos resquícios da Democracia e da Civilização, ameaçados por forças totalitárias vidas do Leste – estará a sua causa perdida? Nas planícies do Sul da Península Ibérica, surge uma centelha de esperança quando uma menina e a sua mãe escapam aos brutais captores em direcção ao frágil veio de civilização que ainda se mantém no Oeste. Berger e a sua equipa de Forças Especiais irão combater gangues organizados, hordas de doentes e misteriosos terroristas suicidas. Mas talvez a pequena Laura e a sua mãe tragam as respostas que tanto têm procurado.
A Batalha da Escuridão
As Crónicas de Billard Iddo
Num distante sistema solar, começa uma guerra entre a União de Webbur, o Reino de Torrance e o seu rival, a República de Axx. Byllard Iddo é um jovem que matou acidentalmente o seu pai numa sessão de Artes Marciais. Partiu para se juntar à Marinha Espacial. Agora um tenente na poderosa Marinha de Webbur, irá servir em diversas naves onde enfrenta o perigo à medida que a guerra cresce em violência. Recusando-se a desapontar a sua nova família, a Marinha, embarca finalmente numa desesperada missão para conter uma ameaça implacável: as naves invisíveis chamadas Silenciosos que dizimam os comboios de abastecimento que atravessam o Mar da Escuridão, o imenso Espaço vazio entre Webbur e Torrance. Iddo está certo apenas de uma coisa: muitos irão morrer nas batalhas que se avizinham e ele fará o que puder para trazer a guerra para mais perto do fim. Ao trilhar este caminho, viverá um poderoso romance de amor e tornar-se-á no mais jovem e mais condecorado Capitão da história da Marinha Espacial de Webbur.
A Saga de Alex 9
Sem saber porquê, a Tenente-Coronel Alex 9, da 3ªUnidade de Comandos de Elite é projetada para um planeta muito parecido com a Terra, onde uma guerra entre impérios, espadas e armaduras se está a travar. Aparentemente, a chegada de Alex à Segunda Terra despoletou uma miríade de consequências políticas que estão ainda longe de fazer sentido.
200 anos antes, na Terra, os mestres Kaoru e Pierre Bach, fugitivos de ambas as partes da Grande Guerra das Corporações, tentam descobrir o enigma que envolve Alex e que a levou ao novo planeta. Mas onde levará esta busca?
Entretanto, o Reino de Brodom está em perigo. É invadido por um largo exército de Salteadores das Tribos do Sul e pelas forças temíveis do Duque Wa-Tsu, o Invencível. Mas pior que tudo são as terríveis traições que ocorrem na própria capital e entre os aliados de Brodom.
Neste volume de ação galopante, lutas ferozes de artes marciais, espadas em punho e tecnologia de ponta, todas as respostas parecem levar ainda a mais perguntas, cada vez mais complexas. Quando se saberá a verdade?
SHORT STORIES
In Portuguese
O BURACO
Uma misteriosa mulher procura Lemos oferecendo-lhe ajuda com ‘o seu problema’ em troca de protecção para uma garrafa de água e alguns trocos para as despesas. Mas qual problema? Mas quais despesas? Pensa Lemos, que no entanto aceita os trocos. A partir daqui vários intervenientes de forças estrangeiras vêm desafiá-lo e ao seu Colt Peacemaker com as suas pistolinhas. Tudo por uma garrafa de água? Numa História Alternativa de pulp noir onde a Lisboa vive num mundo imperial cheio de máquinas eléctricas inovadoras e conceitos revolucionários, eis um conto divertido de política e intriga internacional caídas nas mãos de um pintarolas do Cais do Sodré.
A MOLDURA VAZIA
Todos tentamos preencher um vazio no centro das nossas vidas. Mas e se a vida, na verdade, ocorrer em volta desse vazio? Algumas personagens tentam justificar-se com a morte de Anne Lundt, mas o mundo existe em volta, no simbolismo e na realidade. A própria Anne Lundt o teria dito.
MOVIES
REGRET
REGRET is a psychological thriller with a moving love story. The storyline develops around an uprising lawyer whose fear of being incriminated of an accidental death leads to a ride full of twists and turns which will changehis life forever. Will he face justice or will he choose love?
BRUNO MARTINS SOARES 