Die Todesstrafe ist in den meisten Ländern der Welt abgeschafft. Zumindest auf dem Papier, denn in Mitten von Gewalt und Verbrechen hat sich eine Organisation gebildet, die für die Regierungen zum Problem werden könnten. Sie bestrafen Tod und Verderben so, wie sie es für richtig halten, mit dem Tod. Sienna indess lebt seit kurzem mit ihrem kleinen Bruder Oakley in London und muss zunehmends erkennen, dass dieses Umfeld ganz anders ist, als erhofft. Verzweifelt kämpft sie gegen den Status, der ihr von der Gesellschaft auferlegt wird. Chester hingegen hat alles, von dem man nur träumen kann. Seine Eltern sind reich und er muss sich nicht um seine Zukunft sorgen, eigentlich... ...denn als Sienna an seiner Schule angenommen wird, muss er festellen, dass die Welt mehr als nur schwarz-weiß ist.

A perfect world. Ruled by a perfect person. A person who is not corrupt, not evil and only has the world's best interest in mind. It sounds like a dream come true, but is it really?

In the world of Adstaerad, the Heliatic Pantheon watches over the Mortals and the Blessed, bestowing gifts and influencing their lives. The deities' intricate relationships and alliances shape the world, leading to conflict, betrayals, and unforeseen consequences. Adstaerad's destiny hangs in the balance as the divine powers play out their roles, and mortal lives intertwine with the Gods' fight for dominance.

De mortuis nil nisi bonum dicendum est, "Speak no ill of the dead." But tell their stories so that they may live on. Not to see another sunrise but to find a new home in the minds of the living. May my brave forefathers and warrior mothers find eternal peace and rest in new homes over the horizon of imaginary boundaries they never got to cross.

87 is alone with their thoughts. The plague doctor collects the dead each night for burning. With only the company of the dead, and two criminals sat at the back, it's hardly social hours. On a beautiful clear summer evening, it's time to get down to the ghastly business.

A brutal murder. Mysterious markings carved into the victim. A reactivated, long-lost robot. A ruthless politician. A conspiracy threatening Paradise to its core. Paradise, 2301: 200 years ago, following WWIII, the utopian Paradise formed from the remnants of the European Alliance. Since then, its citizens - the Great Nine - have lived peacefully and harmonically on European soil. The only surviving bastion following the Great War, Paradise has become where the arts and generosity flow freely among cows and eagles, horses and donkeys, apes and foxes, cats and dogs, humans and robots. Until the brutal murder of a bull shakes Paradise to its core. Who murdered him? Why? And what do the markings carved into the victim mean? To investigate, the long-deactivated and fully restored robot Helmut is brought back to life. His mission: identify the murderer and bring them to the ruthless and power-hungry Cow Councillor Christine.

These fictional secret memoirs, set mainly during the Cold War of the 1980s, tell the story of Sir Ralph Martens and his rise through the ranks of 'The Department' a largely secretive branch of the British Government. The Department's remit was to maintain a constant level of low-level fear amongst the population, thus enabling their manipulation through the media. As he neared the top of the hierarchy, Sir Ralph was entrusted with darker secrets of international importance. His fine-tuned political senses informed him that change was in the air. By the late 1980s, he knew a dramatic shift on the world stage was expected, even imminent; but the low-key manner in which it happened surprised everyone. He wanted his memoirs published posthumously because he wanted to create the biggest stink in British political history. He wanted to tell the truth.