Books with author Peter Bond

A reunion in the wilderness between a roughneck father and his estranged son takes a dangerous turn.Billy Underwood hasn't seen his father for most of his life, until the hardscrabble Clay Underwood shows up and whisks the puzzled boy away, bent on taking him on an autumn elk hunt in the Montana wilderness. While wary of his dad and inexperienced in the field, Billy is excited, and quickly responds to Clay's awkward and tough but tender attempt to bond with him through the vehicle of a grand outdoor adventure in the Rocky Mountains.As winter in the high country approaches, father and son bond in quiet, unexpected, and profound ways, while searching for and tracking the elusive elk. Clay doesn't always have the right words to express his feelings, but passes important lessons to his son, from how to track elk and predict the weather, to talking with girls and falling in love. As the prospect of finding elk grows slimmer, the weather takes a sudden turn for the worst. The dangers of being lost and alone in the wilderness quickly become apparent to father and son on a trip that inexorably hurtles toward tragedy.

Before the voyage of Captain Cook, an armed merchant ship of the Dutch East India Company disappears off the east coast of Australia. An unofficial voyage never recorded in the history books, the Dutch sea captain is desperate to send a message home that may be the last hope for Erik, a boy living in Australia 250 years later.Erik is drawn to the sea, yet lives with his family in the Australian outback. His crippled father hates the sea. So what explains the diving suit Erik discovers in the attic, and the artifacts hidden inside, that match the heirloom his sister Stephanie wears?With a chance move to the coast they learn of their parents' deception. Their father's murky past leads them into the shipwreck smugglers' lair that has baffled authorities. Unable to tell friend from foe; beguiled by illusion and confronted by betrayal, kidnapping and murder, 13 year old Erik and Stephanie fall deeper into a seething labyrinth of no return above and below the waterline.How can they solve the series of riddles and puzzles confronting them?Will they unlock the clues painted into a Vincent van Gogh masterpiece?What chance have they against a heartless killer, the leader of the smugglers, and the temptations of a clever conjurer with shifting identities - a maestro of the counterfeit?

Diving deep to save his father, Danny meets a mermaid, Mandy, who has chosen him as a secret friend. Mandy reminds him of a special someone from the past and he is filled with sadness.Returning to the surface, Danny's involved in an accident and spends the following years searching for his lost friend and staring forlornly at the sea.Will he ever find his father?Can the magic of Mandy make things the way they once were, or will time run out for Danny?