For Ages 10 and up "IF YOU LOVE SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT, YOU'LL LOVE THIS BOOK!!!""They are known as Warlock and Witch... Although you would use that term fairly loosely ... they don't ride broomsticks and pitchforks ... But they all bring lots of deathly magic ... !"The Operatives have a new recruit – Calan Taylor, a thirteen year old budding basketball champion from Middington. The Igniters - dark warlocks of the Severed Plane, also have their own Middington recruit – Steven Sabre the damaged loner. The Igniters should have sensed Calan first – as he is a ‘pure’ Igniter, only the third ever of his kind. A mistake has been made and the balance must be restored. Standing in their way are the Operatives.A 14th corridor to another world has opened and the town of Middington is under secret attack from the warlocks and witches of the Severed Plane. The Operatives, a crack team of agents from all over Earth have been formed to defend the Wystic’s of the Western Quarter against the immortal evils of the North, South and East. Using the Severed Plane’s magical corridors, the Operatives travel to countries all over the world in a bid to save as much of humankind as is possible from the dark Quarter’s possessing and kidnapping ways … and catching the immortal is a hard thing to do! Calan Taylor is about to become the Operatives most valuable weapon.The first book in a mind blowing new fantasy series by Australian author S.B. Norton filled with action, horror and humour.Buy the sequel The Otherworldly Operatives 2 - Southern Vexations on Kindle now!http://www.amazon.com/The-Otherworldly-Operatives-Southern-Vexations-ebook/dp/B00PAW2AZG

“Baymo” is the story of a young dog who longs for the freedom and excitement of human life without comprehending the responsibility and worries that go along with such a life. Through a bit of magic from Father Moon, Baymo’s wish comes true – he becomes a man – but his subsequent misadventures teach him that being a man has its price.Excerpt: But he was a man, a man, a man! Baymo was in a state of bliss, filled with joy and radiant. He stood, he fell, he pushed himself back up again. Tottered, veered, spun, teetering, toppling, a spinning top, out of control, overcome with pleasure. He was so involved in this new game that he did not notice Spike enter the yard. The little pug stared at him with pop eyes, amazed at the sight of a tall, wobbly, naked, golden-haired man, wearing a grin, weird noises bursting out of his mouth. Spike was so startled by the bizarre apparition that he forgot to be scared.That is, until the naked man took a step towards Spike and smiled. Spike gave a nervous bark. What to do? And where was Baymo to tell him what to do? Where was his best friend, the golden dog?Baymo teetered and tottered toward Spike, croaking with pleasure at his newfound manhood. To his amazement, the little dog raced back to the safety and sanity of his house, an escapee from the clutches of the horrible stranger.

In a world where cities float, airships sail the skies and mythical creatures are summoned in a pinch, Celes Vale is distinctly average. Living in the shadow of his talented cousin and his powerful aunt and uncle, Celes is resigned to a future of soot, factories and well, more soot. But on the night of his twelfth birthday everything changes. A blinding light, a whispered voice and in an instant Celes becomes the first ordinary child in history to develop magic, sending him on a fast-track ticket to the greatest of the floating cities, Gardarel. Boasting grand, elegant buildings wrought from shimmering white stone, the entire city appears as though it has been built from light, and so it has come to be called the Kingdom Lights. Though some welcome Celes, others want the dirt-ridden up-start off their city—preferably head first. Nowhere is this clearer than in the attitude and actions of the beautiful and haughty Lady Ban and her sneering nephew, Marcus Blackwood. But Blackwood, with his gang of goons and unimaginative one-liners, is soon the least of Celes’s problems. With a little magic and a lot of detective work, Celes and his group of Scurriers and Wisps unravel the dark truth behind Lady Ban’s prim, perfect smile—an alliance to the villainous Wardens and the masked man who leads them. However, in his attempt to expose Lady Ban, Celes unwittingly stumbles onto an even darker conspiracy—a plan that could lead to the complete destruction of Gardarel itself.