New Releases by John Light

John Light is a scientist, painter, novelist, and poet. In this first substantial collection of his verse all these interests find expression. Some of the poems deal with immense themes but the writing itself is always clear and direct, never obscure. He tries simply to communicate truth as he perceives it. With an appreciation by John Francis Haines.

Beneath the orange skies and blue sun of Lavandrel an unadventurous people have farmed the red landscape for millennia. Into this placid world an alien presence brings a grey blight threatening destruction of all its life forms. Lured towards the source of the pollution by visions and troubled by ominous dreams, Prince Alorn faces desolation and death through a perilous quest to save his planet. In a craft from the remote past he searches for his beloved Annalor, abducted by the intruder, far beyond his native world, beyond even the known Universe. Swept into the depths of a black hole, gateway to another Cosmos of mysterious phenomena, Alorn finds the meaning of his dreams revealed in a final bitter struggle.

Supported by naive illustrations, this set of light-hearted observations of family life are intended to be fun to share. They are expressed in a language which is both simple and natural.

There was no government and no police force on the planet Dorado, so when Bizman Edlin Borrowitch was murdered, his insurers paid City Investigators to find the culprit and they plumped for Accountant Ros Kernwell. She hired Tec Sarn Denson to clear her and he found plenty of suspects among the family and associates of the Bizman. All he needed to do to save his client was to find enough evidence to reduce the Legal Company computer''s calculation of her guilt probability to below the conviction threshold. Unfortunately Tec Denson was troubled by ideas of his own about that abstract and irrelevant concept, justice, and distracted by the assistance of the beautiful Seelya Koto.

John Light makes children want to read. Supported by his own endearingly naive illustrations, these light-hearted observations of family life are true, witty, unexpected and fun to share, and expressed in language which is both simple and natural. All the family members enjoy being outdoors, whether it is in the back yard or at an exciting camp site.

Three children go about "gardening" in their own unique ways.

When Matthew loses a tooth, Jessica decides to make the Tooth Fairy''s visit doubly worthwhile. Fantastic for encouraging children to keep their teeth clean enough to warrant a place in the ''hall of perfect teeth''.