WELCOME TO CYBERCAT SERIES
Penny is a unique Siamese cat with an independent nature and it is always fun to have a cat with a bit of an attitude. Penny is no ordinary feline; she is a virtual cat complete with the legendary nine lives. But do these lives retain their mystical resilience outside the digital realm? Can Penny navigate the perils, and defy the odds to emerge unscathed?
Adding to the intrigue is Penny’s bewildering predicament as she repeatedly wakes up in different times and places; a disconcerting challenge that complicates her journey. Can a virtual cat find her sanctuary in an unpredictable universe? Find out as Penny takes on the world.
Enjoy the journey!
The Cybercat Series is for YA and Adults.
A Tale for Grown-ups and Graduates
Meet Penny, an elegant chocolate-point Siamese cat with an unauthorised university education and rather a lot of attitude. She lives secretly on campus, slipping into lectures and taking naps on piles of books belonging to the long-suffering Professor Eagle. Penny has fashionable friends, and with her sleek silhouette and creamy-coloured fur, she is much in demand for celebrity photo shoots.
As the annual Dog Show approaches, the campus descends into glorious chaos. Professor Poppett is in training for the competition, determined that her poodle will win, but the Dean and the scheming Head of University Buildings have designs on the trophy themselves. In the Museum, a bashful curator and a dog groomer are falling helplessly and awkwardly in love.
Penny watches it all from the rooftops. But up there, she is not alone. The brooding gargoyles have developed a distinctly carnivorous interest in her.
This is the first book in the CyberCat Series; clever, funny fiction for readers who suspect that cats are far sharper than they imagined.
The Shakespearean Chronicles
After an unexpected jump through time, Penny wakes up in the muddy gutter of a London street in the winter of 1595, and is saved from certain death by an impoverished writer called William Baldwin. Shakespeare’s London, full of excitement and intrigue, draws her in as Richard Burbage and the Lord Chamberlain’s Men get ready to present a new comedy, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, at a grand society wedding.
But Tudor London is a dangerous place, and when summoned by a ruthless intelligencer, Baldwin falls under the shadow of the Queen’s spymaster. A single whisper of treason could cost him his life. It will take a remarkably clever cat to save her new friend.
Penny, meanwhile, has troubles of her own. An amorous ginger tom has taken a shine to her and insists on serenading her from the rooftops with long and passionate operatic arias.
Beware the Cat is the second book in the CyberCat Series, a time-slip fantasy, richly researched but with a playful disregard for the boundaries of time. It is perfect for readers who enjoy historical fiction and Tudor intrigue.
When your Perfect Present has Other Plans
Cats have nine lives, and Penny is about to risk one of hers. A frightening whirl of coloured lights, a rough landing, and she wakes a hundred feet above London, gripping the metal rafters of the Crystal Palace being built for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
A super-intelligent Siamese cat with impeccable taste and poise, Penny soon becomes the most talked-about curiosity among a hundred thousand exhibits, attracting crowds, reporters and even Royalty. Adding to the intrigue is a fake operatic duo and a famous unpickable lock, with a grand prize for anyone who can open it, all fuelled by plenty of cups of tea and cakes in the Refreshment Court.
While the infamous Koh-i-Noor diamond captivates the crowds, two cunning thieves are planning to steal the invaluable Tara Brooch and flee to France. Only one extremely clever cat can see what the humans have missed.
The Reluctant Gift is the third book in the CyberCat Series, a witty Victorian adventure rich in historical detail and feline mischief.
This isn't progress; it's destruction dressed in a fluffy robe and slippers
When a mysterious box appears in Professor Eagle’s ornamental pond during a storm, Penny knows it means trouble. Inside is Ginger George, a flame-red kitten with extraordinary powers and no idea how to use them. Penny, an experienced CyberCat, must supervise the little monster. She has no intention of becoming a governess. Nobody has told the kitten.
Meanwhile, the ruthless Victor Blackthorne plans to turn the pristine Australian bushland into an exclusive spa resort. With a corrupt councillor and a greedy ranger on his side, who could possibly stop him?
Enter the Eagles: Dr Eagle, a sharp-witted vet; six-year-old Betty Bird; her father, a Professor who quotes poetry at all the wrong moments; and his unconventional parents. Armed with determination and very little else, they head into the bush, accompanied by a local artist and the owner of the fishing tackle shop.
But the earth is trembling, a legendary panther is stirring in the shadows, and the bulldozers are on their way. Penny has rather more to manage than one troublesome kitten.
prequel to the CyberCat Series
It feels like there is a future
Fantasy meets reality in Cyberspace, in a world where our online and offline friendships and even our identities become entangled. Avatars are extensions of us, leading lives parallel to our everyday lives. There are no limits to our virtual lives, and in this realm of limitless possibilities, sometimes dreams come true.
Journey with Storm and Dude, a remarkable duo whose lives intertwine across separated time zones within the virtual world of Second Life. A shared passion for collecting virtual cats draws them together, and their once-spacious cliff-top home soon becomes overcrowded. So together they open the Cat Shop.
Join Penny, the Siamese kitten with the delicate chocolate paws, and follow her chaotic, funny and oddly moving adventures as she begins the first of her nine lives and her journey towards becoming a time-travelling CyberCat.
Brace yourself for a daring escapade into the alligator-infested bayou and a quest to discover the elusive Golden Kitten, and find out why love always wins the day.