The Flooded Earth

The Flooded Earth

Mardi McConnochie

Mardi McConnochie

The 2019 Green Earth Award-Winning trilogy opener is now available in trade paperback! Forty years after the earth was devastated by massive flooding, four children on one small sailboat must flee corrupt authorities and overcome the dangers of the sea that drowned their world. Twins Will and Annalie thought the hardest part about this year was going to be their separation when bookish Annalie began life at a prestigious Admiralty-run boarding school and avid sailor Will stayed behind in the flood-damaged slums. But that was before the Admiralty raided their father's engineering workshop. Before they sent a questioner to threaten Annalie at school. Before their father disappeared, leaving a single coded clue to his destination. Desperate to find their father, the twins set out in the family's small sailboat. But though they are both experienced sailors, they have no idea what dangers the sea has in store for them. With The Flooded Earth, Mardi...
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Melissa, Queen of Evil

Melissa, Queen of Evil

Mardi McConnochie

Mardi McConnochie

What do you do when one bad hair day could destroy the world? Meet Melissa - a mild-mannered cricket player of average ability and best friend to Soph, queen of emotional traumas.Meet Melissa, Queen of Evil - a dazzling all-rounder with a killer instinct and an agent of destruction.Melissa has acquired a terrible and sinister power. She can cause typhoons and earthquakes, or strike people dead with a single look - but after an unfortunate house burning incident, she knows she needs help. Then she meets Ben. A destroyer with his own car, and her guide. Through him she must learn to control her powers and face the people who want her dead.In the meantime there's homework, cricket practice, and Soph's emotional traumas to work through. And looming on the horizon is the biggest threat of all: the school social. Melissa, Queen of Evil is a funny and fast-paced fantasy-adventure about one girl's struggle not to destroy the...
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The Castle in the Sea: Quest of the Sunfish 2

The Castle in the Sea: Quest of the Sunfish 2

Mardi McConnochie

Mardi McConnochie

Once more, Annalie, Will, Essie and Pod set out on the Sunfish to look for Spinner - their only clue a coded list Spinner left behind, naming four scientists who were once his colleagues on a top-secret project.When a terrible storm separates the crew and almost wrecks the boat, Will and Essie must use all their courage and ingenuity to try and make their way back to the others. Meanwhile, Pod and Annalie, travelling in the crippled Sunfish, are captured by pirates, who agree to fix the Sunfish - at a price.Not all of Spinner's former colleagues can be trusted. Worse still, their old nemesis Beckett is still on their trail. Can they follow the clues, track down the scientists, and find Spinner before Beckett does?The second breathtaking adventure in the Quest of the Sunfish series.
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Escape to the Moon Islands: Quest of the Sunfish 1

Escape to the Moon Islands: Quest of the Sunfish 1

Mardi McConnochie

Mardi McConnochie

When Will and Annalie's father disappears, they set out on a perilous sea voyage to find him. The motley crew of runaways put their faith in each other, and in a small sailing boat called the Sunfish. In a world transformed by a catastrophic Flood, they embark on an adventure that will test their ingenuity - and their friendship - to the limits.The crew face off against storms and pirates, but the biggest threat of all comes from the Admiralty, the all-powerful navy that rules the oceans of the world. The Admiralty are supposed to be the good guys, but the deeper the Sunfish voyages into the Moon Islands, the more they realise that nothing is what it seems.
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The Skeleton Coast

The Skeleton Coast

Mardi McConnochie

Mardi McConnochie

Annalie and Will's father, Spinner, is still on the run from the Admiralty. With their friends, Essie and Pod, and the talking parrot, Graham, their journey has taken them through dangerous waters, ferocious storms and marooned on abandoned islands. They've come heartbreakingly close to Spinner, only to be driven apart once again by their old nemesis, Beckett. While the Sunfishcrew loses precious days to yet another pirate attack, Spinner is fleeing south, to the mysterious land of Sundia.Now, the terrifying emptiness of the Outer Ocean lies between the Sunfish and Spinner. Even if they manage to cross it-with Beckett still hot on their tail-Sundia is a land forbidden to all outsiders. What awaits them beyond Sundia's Skeleton Coast-the greatest danger they have yet faced, or answers and journey's end at last?The thrilling conclusion to the Quest of the Sunfish series.
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