Books with author Ben Whitehouse

The enormous silver alien ships appeared over Inoria without warning, raining death and destruction on the city below.High above the planet, the ISC Fleet Destroyer Liberty's Captain made his determination clear despite the odds: "We're staying. We're fighting. Understand?" His young and understaffed Bridge crew nodded bravely and went back to their tasks, fear crawling up their throats, escaping through some eyes as tears. His own fear was not much less than theirs. Earth's first space combat, he thought, and here I am, outnumbered six to one.Meanwhile, the hellish anti-personnel darts falling on Inoria missed Ensign Carol Hansen by mere centimeters, but her friend and SFU classmate Marty Baker was not so lucky. Amidst the choking smoke and dust of what a moment before was an idyllic place, the Liberty crewmembers lucky enough to have been in the city and not aboard ship, struggle to find each other and some measure of safety.Once the immediate danger is past, the survivors, and the ISC Fleet are faced with the daunting task of finding, and fighting, an enemy they know nothing about.A reviewer in the UK says "The book kicks [off] with great pace and draws you in to the universe he has created, great characters and [well] written action scenes loved the whole way the story develops as you read..."There's plenty of action, but it's well seasoned with background and characters you'll care about. "You may shed a tear or two…" another reviewer said.So, if you’re looking for an "Outstanding story with a believable plot" then this book is for you.

It's been just six months since the unprovoked, brutal attack on Inoria that killed tens of thousands. The enemy has paid a price in the deep-space skirmishes since but seems in no mind to retire. But, what, in fact, is the enemy mind? What, in the end, do they want? Carol Hansen and her Antares shipmates are going back to solve the mystery they found at Beta Hydri, taking a retinue of academics with them. David Powell survived Sigma's battle, dragging that battered ship to safety. Now promoted and on Columbia with his old friend Dan Smith in command, a new role, indeed, a new life, begins for him.Joanne Henderson's Intrepid continues its silent mission among the nearby stars, while Natalie Hayden and Ben Price begin to find connections beyond what happens inside a Sentinel.But back at Fleet HQ, there is growing frustration about how to run a war when a light-year-per-day just doesn’t seem nearly fast enough.

Charlotte Powers is fifteen years old, overloaded with superpowers, and ready. Ready to start adventuring, ready to fight evil, ready to sort things out.There's a problem, though. Not with her powers, she has super strength and super agility and phase-shifting, a combination that is unique even in BEING a combination; nobody else has ever had multiple superpowers. The problem is that her parents don't think she's ready for the world--or that the world is ready for her.So instead of going adventuring she's sent to a nice, normal school, ostensibly to establish a Public Identity.And that's where it all goes wrong ..."Power Down" is the first book in the Charlotte Powers series.

The enormous silver alien ships appeared over Inoria without warning, raining death and destruction on the city below.High above the planet, the ISC Fleet Destroyer Liberty's Captain made his determination clear despite the odds: "We're staying. We're fighting. Understand?" His young and understaffed Bridge crew nodded bravely and went back to their tasks, fear crawling up their throats, escaping through some eyes as tears. His own fear was not much less than theirs. Earth's first space combat, he thought, and here I am, outnumbered six to one.Meanwhile, the hellish anti-personnel darts falling on Inoria missed Ensign Carol Hansen by mere centimeters, but her friend and SFU classmate Marty Baker was not so lucky. Amidst the choking smoke and dust of what a moment before was an idyllic place, the Liberty crewmembers lucky enough to have been in the city and not aboard ship, struggle to find each other and some measure of safety.Once the immediate danger is past, the survivors, and the ISC Fleet are faced with the daunting task of finding, and fighting, an enemy they know nothing about.A reviewer in the UK says "The book kicks [off] with great pace and draws you in to the universe he has created, great characters and [well] written action scenes loved the whole way the story develops as you read..."There's plenty of action, but it's well seasoned with background and characters you'll care about. "You may shed a tear or two…" another reviewer said.So, if you’re looking for an "Outstanding story with a believable plot" then this book is for you.

Villains Act. Heroes React.But sometimes reacting isn't enough. Segregation events continue around the world, but Charlotte and her family are always one step behind, never in time to stop them. Thousands of people are being taken, but for what purpose? Towards what end? Charlotte doesn't have any answers, and even the questions are proving elusive.But now there comes a single clue, a tenuous pattern, one fragile lead that points to Powerstone City, home to semi-retired superheroes, vicious gangs and armoured vigilantes ... and a greater threat than Charlotte ever imagined."Power Play" is the second book in the Charlotte Powers series.

What would you do to protect the ones you love? Bribe someone?Blackmail someone?Kill someone?That's exactly what Desiree has to decide when the people she loves start being murdered around her. She would do almost anything to protect them, but what if it meant that she had to betray them all? Could she do it? And what happens when she finds out that the person she thought she knew wasn't who she thought they were? Desiree Marie Whitmore is about to have the ride of her life, and it isn't a good one.

How far would you go to know the truth?I woke up with this thing on my wrist, the thing I'm using to write this, I know it's called an Opal but I don't know HOW I know that. I don't even really know why I'm writing, except that I feel like I have to--and that maybe it'll help me figure things out. I can't get anything straight inside my head, everything's fuzzy and it's difficult to focus. Edges keep slipping away.I'm in a ... maze. Or a prison. Everything's perfectly black and white--the colours, I mean, not the situation. Huh, this situation is anything BUT black and white. I'm wearing a dress, for a start, explain that! It was probably really pretty before it got all torn and dirty, I don't know how, it was like that when I woke up. I'm not in such good shape either, I'm bruised and aching and I've got weird scratches all over my arms and my left eye is a little swollen--I can see myself in the reflection of my Opal's screen. I can see myself, and I know my face, it's familiar to me, but ... but ...... but I don't know who I am ..."Hidden Power" is the third book in the Charlotte Powers series.

You can't change the past./what if you could what if you could what if you could/You can't change the past./no way back no way back no way back/You can't change the past./i am here this is now i am here this is now/You can't change the past ...... but you can fight for the future ..."Rising Power" is the fourth and penultimate book in the Charlotte Powers series.

Charlotte Powers is a hero. (What did she save?)Charlotte Powers is a villain. (How many died?)Charlotte Powers is a mimic. (Is that really the truth?)Charlotte Powers is broken. (Then could she be fixed?)Charlotte Powers cannot lie. (Can truth be a weapon?)Charlotte Powers hides. (Can a mask be a shield?)Charlotte Powers survives. (Is that all she's good at?)Charlotte Powers is dying. (But aren't we all?)Charlotte Powers is the most powerful individual in the world. (It should be anyone else.)Charlotte Powers is desperate to keep this a secret.(But she never gets what she wants.)One Girl Armya story of letting go