Why is the government deliberately destroying all trace of Man's past? Why are the laws of gravity and momentum strangely altered? Why has the world's population continually increased without the predicted eco-crisis taking place? Why is there an international conspiracy to conceal the future of the human race? These are just some of the reality-shattering questions that face Manalone, a brilliant computer scientist, when he tries to find out exactly what has happened to humanity. Manalone, outcast from society, must fight the entire machinery of a ruthless police state to discover the truth. And the truth is an awful, chilling one, that sounds only too real in today's world.

It is very difficult to classify The Man Who Was Thursday. It is possible to say that it is a gripping adventure story of murderous criminals and brilliant policemen; but it was to be expected that the author of the Father Brown stories should tell a detective story like no-one else. On this level, therefore, The Man Who Was Thursday succeeds superbly; if nothing else, it is a magnificent tour-de-force of suspense-writing. Aeterna Press

The Man Alone with the Lake deftly explores the intriguing paradox of attaining one’s dreams. Often, we believe that achieving our goals, reaching our chosen destiny, and fulfilling our life’s purpose will paint our lives with an unmatched hue of perfection. We believe that everything will effortlessly align, providing a sense of profound contentment. But what happens when you crest the summit of your ambitions, only to discover that the victory tastes just as mundane as any other day? What happens when the satisfaction you envisaged is strikingly absent? Does this suggest that the goal was never truly yours? Our tale orbits around a 22-year-old football prodigy, who soars to remarkable heights in his nascent career. With each milestone he conquers, every facet of his life seems to fall into seamless harmony, echoing the vision he’d always dreamed of—everything, that is, except his mental well-being. It is only upon reckoning with a life-altering incident that he reevaluates his triumphant journey. The revelation strikes like a bolt of lightning: his long-chased dream was never truly his. He yearns not for the life he has meticulously constructed but for a solace found far from the madding crowd, in the serene solitude of being utterly alone.

First published in the year 1734, Alexander Pope's poem 'An Essay on Man Moral Essays and Satires' is concerned with the natural order God has decreed for man.