Books with author E. C. E Somerville

The beautiful but psychotic Derro priestess, Lucrezia, undergoes a mysterious transformation to discover that she’s actually a powerful psychic. She immediately leads her adoring followers on a rampage through the city of Sydney, seizing control of smaller domains on her way to overthrow the president, Charles Carulo. Fleeing from the Oasian military, the cyborg Mission, Dr Naomi Vaugh, ex-police officer Sapphire Stone and actor Alex Lavelle finally arrive on the east coast. They are soon drawn into the battle with Lucrezia’s Army, now many thousands strong and growing all the while. In order to defeat such a juggernaut they are going to need help from someone immune to the evil priestess’ phenomenal mental powers. But who is left with the ability to stand up to her? Aid comes from a mysterious, secret realm known as the Backup Sector. They have been watching Lucrezia and her Derros for years. But even these individuals have their problems, suffering from a mysterious virus that is slowly picking them off, one by one. And to make matters worse, a dark foe has followed Mission and his team from the Oasis, and nothing will stop him from fulfilling his purpose. Also available in this series: Mission 1 - Dicing with the Universe Mission 2 - The Poisoned Oasis

Dark things are massing from the remotest corners of the Immaterum, where the realm fractures and merges with other inhospitable regions. These are the lost and insane; demons, spirits and ancient gods without names or worshippers. Something is calling and uniting them with deadly purpose. Because of his close affinity with the Immaterium Professor Abbacus can hear the monsters coming. He has fought them before, back in 1895 when they were united by the Martians. But he can’t understand them or determine their new mission. At his wits’ end he is finally forced to seek help from an old enemy. Meanwhile another blast from his past finally reaches the Nocturnal Academy. This person has been hunting him for decades, following minute clues across the country, but for what purpose? To rekindle an old friendship? Or to kill him for leaving them behind? To fight the approaching evil everyone at the Nocturnal Academy must be on high alert for anything even slightly out of the ordinary. Because even the sweet old folks of the Appleton Seniors Meditation and Tai Chi Group might not be exactly who they appear.

Professor Abbacus has come to the Nocturnal University, a gigantic floating college hidden within a cloud, to teach technomancy and investigate a series of mysterious explosions. With two students, a vampire boy named Malcolm and a tree-girl named Kim, Professor Abbacus learns that there are literally thousands of spirits bound within the machines that keep the school aloft, all in terrible agony and screaming for release. Each time one manages to escape a massive detonation ensues. They must all be replaced by more cooperative entities, a task only Professor Abbacus and his technomancers can perform. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Kim discover a mysterious cult of necromancers operating in the tunnels beneath the campus, practising human sacrifices. Could they be responsible for the trapped spirits? Professor Abbacus, Malcolm and Kim must stop these evil mages before they succeed in their diabolical plan – to send the entire Nocturnal University tumbling from the sky and crashing into a population centre below. Other books in this series: Nocturnal University 2 - Course of Destruction Also related: The Nocturnal Academy Series. Also by Ethan Somerville for younger readers: Lockout; a futuristic action-packed adventure about teenagers who discover they have psychic powers. Dicing with the Universe: an exciting cyberpunk action-adventure for teenagers and young adults spanning three different time periods. By Ethan Somerville and Emma Daniels: Return to Atlantis; a sci-fi romance for teenagers about a schoolgirl who falls in love with a rock star who is really an exiled Atlantean rebel.

All contact with the newest Nocturnal Academy, located on the moon, has been lost. A rescue team was sent in to find out what happened, but it disappeared as well. Nocturnal Councillor, Lord Harmon Eldritch, is at his wits’ end and calls the one person he genuinely believes can help. Unfortunately, Professor Abbacus has also vanished without trace. As a good friend of the Professor, Alice Dibble is recalled from her much-needed summer holiday to help locate him. But this time even she can’t bring him back. That is until she has what is quite possibly the craziest idea of her young life. An idea so utterly insane it just might work, and the dour Lord Eldritch actually agrees to let her try. And so Alice and her boyfriend Andre embark on a roller-coaster journey through time and space and the astral plane to track down the missing Professor. But Professor Abbacus doesn’t want to be found, and is not going to make it easy for them. Also available in this series: Nocturnal Academy Nocturnal Academy 2 – Teacher’s Pet Nocturnal Academy 3 – Immaterial Girl Nocturnal Academy 4 – the Supernatural Circus Nocturnal Academy 5 - Mage Against the Machine Nocturnal Academy 6 – The Da Vinci Codex Nocturnal Academy 7 – School of Thought Nocturnal Academy 8 – The Lonely House Nocturnal Academy 9 – Mirror Mirror Nocturnal Academy 10 – The Nightmare Games Nocturnal Academy 11 – Tunguska Nocturnal Academy 12 – Wall of Fire Nocturnal Academy 13 – When Gods Collide Nocturnal Academy 15 - The Dark Magick Side of the Moon Nocturnal University 1 – Higher Learning Nocturnal University 2 – Course of Destruction

Professor Icarus Abbacus returns to the Nocturnal University, in search of the late Victoria’s daughter, Vicky Hendrickson. Armed with a grainy, black-and-white photo, all he knows is that she is most definitely alive and now in possession of her mother’s cursed amulet. As he starts investigating, he uncovers sightings of strange creatures, unusual by even supernatural standards; a playful humanoid octopus, a half-wolf, half-bat being and a weird spider were. Could these be some of Vicky’s new forms? He also learns about a gruesome murder, in which a werewolf’s body was found dumped in an alley minus all of its internal organs. Could Vicky have committed the awful crime in an attempt to discover what had happened to her? Also looking into the crime is the Nocturnal University’s formidable chief of police, Captain Butterworth, and he absolutely will not tolerate any interference from dusty old academics. Can Icarus, with the help of his friends Nigel, Muriel, Malcolm and Kim, keep out of the police’s way while using all the skills at his disposal to track down Vicky and maybe catch a killer? Also available in this series: Nocturnal University 1 - Higher Learning Nocturnal University 2 - Course of Destruction

Bethelrath is dead, the church knight has been banished and the Australian Nocturnal Academy is without a principal or a vice principal. The school is also exposed to the public. The Nocturnal Council has to step in and take control before too much damage is caused. Sir Hernan Vargas may have been disarmed, but he is determined not to go down in disgrace. When he informs the Magick Earth’s Pope of what happened at the Australian Academy, the Pontiff immediately sends him on a new mission. Sir Hernan and his chapter, one hundred knights of the Golden Cross, are to march upon that accursed demon school, kill every vile supernatural inside and then burn it to the ground. Also available in this series: Nocturnal Academy1-18 Nocturnal University 1-3 The Nocturnal Academy Omnibus

Warning: this story finishes on a cliff-hanger. Visitors are coming to the Nocturnal Academy. Some good, some bad, some old and some new. All are seeking something to make their lives complete; food, solace, their only offspring and bloody revenge. Which one will succeed? Alice Dibble is spending her entire summer break at the school. Professor Abbacus sees that she is depressed and alone, and presents her with a gift to keep her mind off her personal situation. A bizarre and unique gift she soon discovers that will occupy much of her time and effort. But it is a present she will grow to love. While Professor Abbacus reveals a story from his past, the history behind his gift to Alice, Father Lost from the Church of the Stigmata is ousted from his position and forced to approach the school for help. As he is now a supernatural, the school is obligated to take him in. Professor Abbacus agrees to teach him how to use his powers to their full potential. Because soon everyone’s help will be needed when the visitor seeking vengeance arrives and invades the school. Also available: Nocturnal Academy 1-17 Nocturnal University 1-3

Professor Albrecht Longenfang steps through the Great Cosmic Mirror to the Magick Earth, his mission to track down the alternate version of his lost love, Vulpina Vixen. He knows it’s a one-way trip and a silly idea as Vulpina is currently with Tobias, the alternate version of Toby Thompson, but he has to try. Finding Vulpina is easy. She is a disciple of High Priest Ruthan, at the Church of the Great Cosmic Mirror. Albrecht even gets the chance to tell her about the death of her Science Earth counterpart. But then he gets into a fight with Tobias and is banished from the church. He finds himself back out on the street, unsure what to do next. Then Millicent Jorgensen, meditating in front of a mirror, decides to cross over and join him. Unfortunately she has no way to return – save through the giant mirror at the church. Realising he has an obligation to look after his former student, Albrecht takes her back to the church. But High Priest Ruthan and his disciples have tired of simply lurking in the shadows, hiding from the authorities while trying to recruit new followers. The time has come to act, to finally bring Magick and Science together. And Caroline “Karuna” Collins believes she has figured out the way. Also available: Nocturnal Academy Nocturnal Academy 2 – Teacher’s Pet Nocturnal Academy 3 – Immaterial Girl Nocturnal Academy 4 – the Supernatural Circus Nocturnal Academy 5 - Mage Against the Machine Nocturnal Academy 6 – The Da Vinci Codex Nocturnal Academy 7 – School of Thought Nocturnal Academy 8 – The Lonely House Nocturnal Academy 9 – Mirror Mirror Nocturnal Academy 10 – The Nightmare Games Nocturnal Academy 11 – Tunguska Nocturnal Academy 12 – Wall of Fire Nocturnal Academy 13 – When Gods Collide Nocturnal Academy 14 – Infinite Times Nocturnal Academy 15 – The Dark Magick Side of the Moon Nocturnal University 1 – Higher Learning Nocturnal University 2 – Course of Destruction Also by Ethan Somerville for children and young adults: Lockout; a futuristic action-packed adventure about teenagers who discover they have psychic powers. Dicing with the Universe: an exciting cyberpunk action-adventure spanning three different time periods. Mirrorworld Tales 1 - Necromantic Voyage: What would a group of gamers really do if they were somehow transported to a real fantasy world of myth and magic? Mirrorworld Tales 2 - Empire of the Undead: the gamers must journey into a truly unholy land to find their way home. By Ethan Somerville and Emma Daniels for young adults: Return to Atlantis; a sci-fi romance for teenagers about a schoolgirl who falls in love with a rock star who is really an exiled Atlantean rebel.

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Finally, the Australian Nocturnal Academy has won the rights to host the 312th Nightmare Games – a gruelling series of contests designed to pit supernaturals against each other and test their abilities to the ultimate limit. Alice, Toby, Carla and Milly are competitors in the games, along with six other students from their school, and ten from each of the other Nocturnal Academies. They must work together as well as compete against each other to get through each event. But there’s a threat. According to the Professor Abbacus, the new technical assistant to the Nightmare Games Organising Committee, there’s always a threat. Every Nightmare Games in recorded history has been attacked, in some way or another, by demons from the Immaterium. Thus it’s only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose once more. Professor Abbacus warns everyone to be on their toes, to notify him the moment something unusual occurs. Unfortunately everything about the competition is unusual, from flying races, were triathlons and elemental displays to the bizarre medieval ball-game known as Kranquoix. Thus a mysterious increase in plant-growth across the area goes almost unnoticed. Can Alice, her friends, Professor Abbacus and his new assistant from Scotland, figure out what is going on before it's too late? Also available in this series: Nocturnal Academy Nocturnal Academy 2 – Teacher’s Pet Nocturnal Academy 3 – Immaterial Girl Nocturnal Academy 4 – the Supernatural Circus Nocturnal Academy 5 – Mage against the Machine Nocturnal Academy 6 – The Da Vinci Codex Nocturnal Academy 7 – School of Thought Nocturnal Academy 8 – The Lonely House Nocturnal Academy 9 – Mirror, Mirror Nocturnal Academy 11 - Tunguska Nocturnal Academy 12 – Wall of Fire Nocturnal Academy 13 – When Gods Collide Nocturnal Academy 14 – Infinite Times Nocturnal Academy 15 – The Dark Magick Side of the Moon Nocturnal Academy Omnibus - Books 1-3 Nocturnal University 1 - School of Thought Nocturnal University 2 - Course of Destruction