AirBeing in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it's an opportunity to connect with his 14 year old son as they travel halfway across the world to meet a woman who isn't expecting them. Unsettled by his past, and anxious for his future, Aaron is at a crossroads in life. The damage inflicted upon him during his youth has made him the man he is, but now threatens to widen the growing fissures between him

Beryl Gilroy's new life wasn't what she had expected

Uncertainty pervades the big decisions we all make in our lives

When an old friend and an old flame reappear

so challenging for survival that only a heroic cast of animals can live here

Hitler and Mussolini

the plumbing was a lead pipe in one room

Monkey Bingo

Ever since that night

From a highly reluctant German spy who is drawn to an East Anglian nunnery as his only means of escape

but also of danger

local photographers

A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: DREAMS AND DUST is the FIRST part of the fifth volume in the series