Books with author Ian Knight

What would you risk to save the people you love?Sam Rayner thinks he is an ordinary teenager. But when his family’s flight is brought down in a shocking act of terrorism, he suffers a traumatic brain injury that leaves him in a coma.On waking in a hospital bed, Sam learns that his father was killed in the crash. As he struggles to come to terms with his loss, he begins to experience strange seizures that distort the flow of time and transport him into the body of his past or future self.At first these episodes feel more like a disability than anything useful. That is until Sam collapses at his father’s funeral and finds himself flung several hours ahead, where he overhears a news report about another terrorist attack.Could this information hold the key to preventing the impending atrocity before it takes place?Can Sam find a way to save his family from violent deaths that are already in the past, defeat the sinister forces that wish to use his powers for their own ends, and maybe also win the girl he loves…by turning the pages of time?“An innovative and imaginative approach to time travel.” Amazon Reviewer“Well written, great premise and an all-around great story.” Amazon Reviewer“The most suspenseful time travel story I have ever read…Captivating, intense, adventurous, and spectacular.” Amazon ReviewerJoin the adventure and start reading today!Click above to buy, or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited

After altering the past on the night of Christmas Eve, reluctant time-traveller Sam Rayner finds himself trapped in a new timeline in which he has no recollection of the last month. Although Sam and his friends are seemingly safe, he has lost the girl he loves and remains no closer to reversing the plane crash that has torn his family apart. As he struggles to make sense of this unfamiliar new reality, Sam sets out to obtain a fresh supply of Tetradyamide, the drug that controls and enhances his ability, and soon finds himself pursued by forces of both good and evil as he is sucked into a conspiracy that runs far deeper than he could have ever imagined.

2015 FLORIDA AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS PRESIDENT'S BOOK AWARDS WINNER - BEST HISTORICAL FICTION GOLD 2018 AFRO AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL BOOK AWARDS WINNER - ADULT HISTORICAL FICTION2018 AFRO AMERICAN HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL BOOK AWARDS WINNER - YOUNG ADULT FICTION 2020 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS BOOK AWARD WINNER - BEST SERIESA SERIES FOR ALL AGES.Torn from their homeland in Africa by brutal slave traders Margaret and John are shipped four thousand miles away to the silver mines of Mexico. Unexpectedly, the slaver is pirated at sea and the Calvinist Reverend turned Privateer, Captain Jope, takes Margaret and John to the shores of Virginia instead. Based on exhaustive genealogical and historical research, this epic novel traces the fate of the passengers on what has since become known as the "Black Mayflower." Margaret and John brave disease, Indian attacks, and political intrigue in England and America, as they are among the first Africans to settle in Virginia, long before slavery became institutionalized there. Set against the backdrop of warfare between Spain and England and the power struggles within the Virginia Company in London and Jamestown, Margaret and John's journey to freedom is a powerful saga of courage and survival at the dawn of America's history.

It’s the summer of 1969, and as Apollo 11 touches down on the moon, Michael Humboldt, a soldier horrifically wounded in the Vietnam War, uses the disturbing new powers he has developed to escape a secure military hospital in San Francisco. Seeking to become the master of his own destiny, Michael travels the backroads of California in order to evade the police and military authorities who are searching for him. But before the year is out, he has fallen for the beautiful Rachel and returns to San Francisco to find the doctor who can help control his powers, throwing him into a deadly game of cat and mouse, the shockwaves of which will be felt for years to come.

“Fate & Freedom – Book I, The Middle Passage“ reveals the story of two African children, Margarita and Juan, captured during the Portuguese invasion of the Kingdom of Ndongo, high in the mountains of Angola. The year is 1619. Brutally, they are enslaved and shipped some seven thousand miles away to their doom in the silver mines of Mexico. But, before the slaver can reach its destination the ship is pirated by two English corsairs and the children’s fate is set in motion by the Calvinist Reverend turned Privateer, Captain John Jope. Their new destination becomes a small English settlement in the New World which will eventually become known as America.Until recent years their true story was shrouded in mystery. It was simply told that a Dutch captain transported “twenty and odd” Africans to the shores of Virginia. Now, intense research has uncovered their true identities, the tragic fate which brought them to America, and the cover-up perpetrated to shroud their arrival. Knight, a genealogist, traces the steps of the first Africans to arrive in English America, revealing a heartfelt and powerful story that was lost in the ashes of our history.

The Zulu War of 1879 was devastating in its brutality. Pitting the firepower of the professional British army against the skill and determination of King Cetshwayo's Zulu warriors, it was a mighty clash of military cultures that ended with the collapse of Zululand - the last great black kingdom bordering Britain's African colonies. This book traces the course of the Zulu War, covering the major battles of Rorke's Drift, Isandlwana and Khambula, and showing that the British victory was by no means easily won. The opposing forces - the British, under Gen Sir Arthur Cunnynghame and the Zulus, under their King Cetshwayo - are profiled, and their dress, equipment, organisation and military methodologies are examined in detail. This book includes material previously published as Campaign 14: ‘Zulu War 1879’, Elite 32: ‘British Forces in Zululand 1879’ and Elite 21: ‘The Zulus’.

Time is not what it seems…Sam Rayner thinks he’s an ordinary sixteen-year-old.But when his family’s transatlantic flight is brought down in a shocking act of terrorism, he suffers a traumatic brain injury that leaves him in a coma.After waking in a hospital bed, Sam begins to experience strange seizures that distort the flow of time and transport him into the body of his past or future self.Is there a way of controlling these episodes?Can he use them to prevent another atrocity before it even takes place?And what of the sinister forces that wish to use his powers for their own ends?Before he knows it, Sam’s in way over his head, caught up in a plot that dates half a century back.Mastering his newfound ability may just hold the key to saving his family from violent deaths that are already in the past…but could it also win him the girl of his dreams?“An innovative and imaginative approach to time travel.” Amazon Reviewer“Well written, great premise and an all-around great story.” Amazon Reviewer“The most suspenseful time travel story I have ever read…Captivating, intense, adventurous, and spectacular.” Amazon ReviewerYou’ll love this gripping time travel tale, because the twists and turns keep coming.Join the adventure and start reading today! Click above to buy, or read for FREE with Kindle Unlimited

When thirteen-year-old orphan Penny Sinclair moves to the small town of Dogwood to live with her godmother, she expects her life to become very dull. She doesn't expect to find a strange talking fox roaming the countryside near her new home, a kindred spirit in her new friend Zoe, or the secret grove where they discover the long hidden magic of The Phoenix Girls. Learning to use magic isn't easy, though; Penny and Zoe get their magic wrong almost as often as they get it right. When something sinister threatens Dogwood, their often accidental magic may be the only thing that can stop it.