He’s using casual sex, alcohol, and drugs as crutches since he doesn’t feel comfortable approaching his foster family with his problems, and he’s left with nowhere to turn. Homesick, three thousand kilometres away from his family and friends on the other side of Australia, Micah isn’t coping. He is proving his worth on the field during his rookie year with his new professional football team, the Fremantle Dockers, but his personal life is a mess. On the outside, Micah Johnson seems to have everything.

This one is a loose spin-off from the original series, so obviously I’m getting it. I loved the very Australian sense of place that he conveyed in the story, and have read all the sequels. Sean Kennedy’s MICAH JOHNSON GOES WEST (YA): I’ve been a fan of Sean Kennedy ever since I read TIGERS AND DEVILS. And they do know that he will bring death and destruction in his wake.įollow the disaster magnets of St Mary’s from the Egyptian desert to the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and from Hastings to the Sack of Constantinople in this, the eighth book in The Chronicles of St Mary’s They do know that he hates them and that this time he has good cause. No one knows quite how, but Markham’s marital status remains unknown.Ĭertainly no one knows quite how a twelve-foot-high teapot has mysteriously materialised on the South Lawn, but it has.īut they do know that Clive Ronan is back. No one knows quite how, but Peterson has persuaded Dr Foster to marry him. No one knows quite how, but Max and her baby are safe at last.

(Also, I now know more about the Battle of Hastings than I ever thought I would.) It was a rollercoaster ride all the way through, and I’ve no idea what else Jodi Taylor can put her characters through now.

I didn’t think it was possible for the stakes to be raised any higher in this series, yet AND THE REST IS HISTORY does that. This book was released last Thursday (though it’s a May release for US readers), and I’ve already finished it. She makes history come alive in vivid technicolour detail, while simultaneously having Max, Peterson, Leon, and pretty much everyone else at St Mary’s prove Murphy’s Law over and over again. Jodi Taylor’s AND THE REST IS HISTORY (fantasy): I whizzed through all seven of Jodi Taylor’s St Mary’s books last year, which is not something I ever thought I’d be saying about a time-travel series. The new releases I’m buying (or have bought, in several cases): Even better, we have two bank holiday weekends in the span of a fortnight – finally! It’s felt like a really long haul since the Christmas/New Year holidays. April is turning out to be a really good month for new releases.

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