A Passion In The Desert

The best aspect of Passion in the Desert is its depiction of how a man, once severed completely from society and forced to survive in a harsh environment, quickly allows the beast within himself to surface. After Augustin has been stranded alone in the desert for several days, he is no longer the cultured, confident solider he once was. He has become a predator, just like the leopard. In fact, his relationship with Simoon is an indication of how much of a beast he has become.

Designing Community: Charrettes, Masterplans and Form-based Codes

Greenfield sites around towns and cities, and redevelopment infill sites in existing urban areas often become battlegrounds between the conflicting interests of developers and communities. In America, design charrettes (intensive design and planning workshops) have become widely used as a means of bringing together these divergent groups, using detailed design exercises to establish agreement around a development masterplan. Despite the increasing frequency of their use, charrettes are widely misunderstood and can be misapplied. 

Screen Savers

Life is sweet for Oz Blackstone, private enquiry agent turned money magnet. Right now things couldn't be better. But a visit from his pal DI Mike Dylan sends him on the trail of a poison pen, and soon threats become reality, and he and his nearest and dearest become targets.

Inhuman Remains

Her mind still filled with thoughts of her dead ex-husband, Oz, Primavera Blackstone is in Spain with their son Tom when their peace is breached again with the arrival of her elderly but formidable aunt, Adrienne McGowan. All is not well in Auntie Ades world; her roguish son Frank has become involved with a shady international casino project and has disappeared.

Domain

The long-dreaded nuclear conflict. The city torn apart, shattered, its people destroyed or mutilated beyond hope. For just a few, survival is possible only beneath the wrecked streets - if there is time to avoid the slow-descending poisonous ashes. But below, the rats, demonic offspring of their irradiated forebears, are waiting. They know that Man is weakened, become frail. Has become their prey...