A kidnapped prince, a school band competition and an electric cat that eats everything in sight! What is the secret of the hollow moon? Join intrepid young heroine Ravana O'Brien in a fast-paced and witty science-fiction mystery of interstellar intrigue. As the dark priest of destiny returns from the dead, Ravana and friends find themselves on an incredible planet-hopping adventure into the shady world of politics, music and rebellion!

The first novel from The Worlds Of Hollow Moon.

On the forbidding planet of Falsafah, archaeologists are on the verge of a discovery that will shake the five systems to the core. Ravana O'Brien finds herself on another wild adventure with a mysterious little orphan, a cake-obsessed secret agent and a god-like watcher who is maybe also a cat. The cyberclone monks are preparing to meet their saviours. But nobody believes in prophecies anymore, do they?

The second novel from The Worlds Of Hollow Moon.

Raja Surya, young heir to the moon of Yuanshi, cannot stay out of trouble for long. Zotz Wak, intrepid boy inventor, decides Earth is the place to become a man. He never expected to be accused of spying. Surya never dreamed he would take the captain's chair of a proper battleship in space. In London, the United Nations is deciding humankind's fate. Taranis, dark priest of destiny, has returned.

The third novel from The Worlds Of Hollow Moon.

Exclusive to Kindle: Three seasonal short stories from The Worlds Of Hollow Moon:
TO DANCE AMONGST THE STARS - Can down-trodden kitchen slave Ganesa find a Prince Charming in the shape of young, dashing space captain Hanuman? As they meet for the first time at the American Embassy's Christmas Ball, she is the first to admit he's not exactly her type.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, MISTER WOLF - Christmas at the exclusive ski resort of Kirchel, with its concrete log cabins and artificial snow, was a tedious affair - but the robot security wolves that patrolled the dome at night were rejects from the brutal Gods of Avalon game show.
IT'S A BLUNDERFUL LIFE - Pursued by armed agents, Fenris prepares to end it all with a midnight leap from a bridge. A mysterious stranger arrives to persuade him that life is worth living, but can a Samaritans hologram really hope to convince by showing the greatest blunders of his life?

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FREE SHORT STORIES: Christmas short stories have been published every December since 2011. These 'Hollow Moon' tales are generally science-fiction versions of traditional fairytales popular in the British tradition of pantomime, complementing the story arc of the novels.

Who really won the Battle of Hastings? Chicago teenager Jane Kennedy embarks on an adventure through multiple realities after fellow time travellers each realise they come from a future with a different past. Is there a rogue on the loose out to change history? A romp through alternate time lines in England 1066 to mark the 950th anniversary of the invasion that shaped Britain and Europe today.

See also: Wyrd Worlds: Battlefield 1066

A short collection of political verse by up-and-coming London poet Lallafa Jeltz: None Of The Above, Ode To Magna Carta, Civil Disobedience, The Road To Number Ten, Blameless Tiers and Democracy: An Epitaph.

"Democracy; oh! It seems she is dying... Her guardians weave the final black shroud."

An anthology of science-fiction and fantasy short stories by indie authors brought together by the social network Goodreads. The collection, which contains 14 stories from 12 writers from around the world, includes a wide range of speculative fiction, from slices of fantasy and time travel to steampunk and science-fiction. The tales vary widely, yet are all born from the same drive to create, share ideas and above all to entertain! (Includes the The Worlds Of Hollow Moon short story In The Lap Of The Gods.)

Available free of charge from major ebook retailers.

An anthology featuring a bumper 19 short stories from 17 independent authors from around the world, encompassing a wide range of science fiction and fantasy. Here lurks tales of the future, steampunk and time travel; of magical realms and fantastical deeds; and of things so weird they defy categorisation. The original Wyrd Worlds rode upon a new wave of indie collaborations; and now we're back! (Includes the The Worlds Of Hollow Moon short story Rock Of Ages.)

Available free of charge from major ebook retailers.

DIVE INTO A UNIVERSE OF SCI-FI WONDERS! This collection of sci-fi shorts features a variety of brainy young heroines - girls who engineer, tinker, experiment and more. Included is The Non-Existence Of Gravity, a tale from The Worlds Of Hollow Moon: Fifteen-year-old Cethlenn was lucky to be working with her Aunt Morrigan, a crazy yet talented engineer with a workshop on the moon of Asgard, Alpha Centauri. That is until Luison, an undercover corporation agent, tricks Cethlenn into a dangerous scrapyard experiment aboard the derelict USS Goliath... Proceeds from sales of Brave New Girls: Stories Of Girls Who Science And Scheme will be donated to a scholarship fund through the Society of Women Engineers. Let's show today's girls that they too can be tomorrow's inventors, programmers, scientists and more!

AN ELEVEN-EBOOK SCIENCE-FICTION BUNDLE! Hop on this starship, destination universe... This bundle includes novels by: Dean Wesley Smith, Russ Crossley, Rebecca M. Senese, Blaze Ward, Tracy Cooper-Posey, Steph Bennion, Michael Warren Lucas, Ubiquitous Bubba, Rebecca S.W. Bates, Barbara G.Tarn and Robert Jeschonek. Buckle up and prepare to explore planets and galaxies in the near and far future. Get wrapped in this fun fever!

A light-hearted thriller set in a contemporary world of superstition, psychiatry and the supernatural. Susan Jones is under the care of psychiatrist Doctor Mordussen, who in turn is obsessed with a strange and shared medieval legacy, but are their demons real? Can Susan's love of heavy metal, her two best friends and her Volkswagen camper van possibly save the day? The Luck Of The Devil experienced unprecedented misfortune during submissions to publishers (manuscripts getting lost, etc.) so self-publishing will hopefully break the curse. I've finally finished a draft ready for editing that captures the story I'm trying to tell, so this novel may finally see the light of day towards the end of 2017 (but don't hold your breath!). Steph.

THE WORLDS OF HOLLOW MOON
by Steph Bennion

HOLLOW MOON #4: I have a full synopsis and a title, The Avalon Job - even a first draft of chapter one - but I haven't actually started writing this in earnest as yet. The idea is that if I mention it here, I will have to properly start work on it soon. As the title suggests (to those familiar with previous stories, anyway), The Avalon Job will be the first novel set in the Alpha Centauri system.

THE CLOCKWORK CAT: I finished a draft of this year's Christmas short story in June, something I'm usually still working on in November. I felt sorry for leaving Ostara Lee out of City Of Deceit, so this year's seasonal short story is hers: "Ostara Lee, private detective, is lured to the wealthy city of Bradbury Heights by a mysterious message asking for her help on a case. Captain Nyx of Newbrum police is in league with smuggler Bouki Moritasgus and only a brass clockwork cat, stolen by street urchin Tomtem from the Dickens Christmas Fair, can save the day..." Ostara Lee will return with Ravana O'Brien and friends in The Avalon Job. I'm also thinking more about how short stories are published, so watch this space. Steph.

Paperbacks can be ordered from elsewhere using the following details:

HOLLOW MOON
Author: Steph Bennion
ISBN: 978-1499 687 133

PAW-PRINTS OF THE GODS
Author: Steph Bennion
ISBN: 978-1500 122 416