Alex James is a writer who lives in Adelaide, South Australia.

He was born there on October 15th, 1967, and has lived there ever since.

Alex studied European History, Classical Mythology, Film Studies and Screenwriting under the Communications and Liberal Studies banners at the South Australian College of Advanced Education (now the University of South Australia) but kept dropping out and going back and never finished anything (at least not to his knowledge). He then dabbled with being an advertising copywriter, was apparently quite good at it, but did not enjoy it. He read Tarot for a while, wrote thousands of trivia questions for Imagination Games, and was a ‘film culture’ columnist and reviewer (paid) for the print version of the Adelaide Independent Weekly, before the internet made everyone a critic (unpaid).

Between 1992 and 2005 he wrote many, many, many outlines, treatments, concept documents, bibles, pilots and screenplays, for just about every active Australian production company there was. During that time, a few of these things even almost came close to nearly being made.

A confirmed telly addict who was binge-watching series on videotape decades before it was even a thing, Alex is also a life-long film buff, who has lost count of how many billions of films, and zillions of episodes of television he has seen. Alex saw Star Wars at age ten, arguably the perfect age, which led him immediately to Doctor Who, after which he never looked back. Growing up on BBC series from the ’70s and ’80s, he was honoured in 2002 to be one of several to have a go at the long-touted revival of Blake’s 7. These remain, when all is said and done, his favourite things, alongside The Alan Parsons Project, The Waterboys and All About Eve.

Alex is also a comedy aficionado, whose comedy heroes are too numerous to mention here, but will no doubt one day find their way into a dedication.

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AMAZON SEVEN

BOOK ONE: “MISSION QUEEN”

Commander Astra Solara is Earth’s current ‘Mission Queen’, a self-possessed intelligence officer who has taken so many risks and survived so many perilous assignments while exploring the galaxy’s most remote sectors, that every time she returns to Earth, she’s considered an ever greater security risk.

Captain Hylar Moondarla is Earth’s most celebrated starship pilot – she’s been everywhere and seen everything, most of it as Commander Solara’s best friend and trusted partner – until a terrible secret came between them…

Now on opposite sides of the galaxy, somebody within Earth’s powerful corporate ruling elite has tried to assassinate both of these uniquely skilled, fiercely independent spirits of the new cosmic frontier…

While in the meantime, trapped in a mysterious psychiatric ward, their former Lieutenant Swish Worcestershire is having some trouble remembering why she might have busted herself into the asylum…

Why is Earth command hunting down the crew of Astra Solara’s former command, the indestructible Hightail? And how did Hightail become the only independent star-cruiser to ever return from the most dangerous, most mysterious, and most heavily defended planet in the galaxy?

With ancient enemies lurking, and armed with nothing but a disarming smile (and some talk about a secret master plan to forever vanquish evil from the face of the galaxy) Astra Solara must now battle to uncover the truth and unmask her enemies by accepting one last mission that terrifies even her: to deliver a priceless artefact, the last remnant of an alien race who almost destroyed humanity, to the one place where it can finally be forever annihilated…

To the place that Astra once loved…

…yet was forced to flee.

The planet that frightens her the most, but excites her beyond anything she has ever known…

The name of the planet: AMAZON SEVEN

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A NEW TALE OF COSMIC HORROR BEGINS….

For centuries, there have been psychics. Real psychics.

Telepathy. Telekinesis. Clairvoyance. And more.

All real.

And for centuries, governments have hunted the psychics.

Hunted and exterminated.

Few escaped. Some they kept, to train. To use.

To kill.

But they never considered that the psychics were here for a reason. That the psychics were the only ones who could fight the Fear. That the psychics were the only ones who possessed the Wrath.

So now they are hunting the psychics for a different reason.

For centuries they have killed them. Now they need them.

We need them.

Or the Fear will devour our souls…

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Once upon a time, Barker Moon was a sorcerer to be reckoned with.

But the last time he used his powers, people died – and Barker still can’t remember how or why.

Tonight, seven years later, Barker’s legendary powers are returning.

But so too is his past – and a creature of immense, reality-warping power – an ancient demon, still trapped within an accursed mansion, deep in the darkest hills.

Now, the only way for Barker to save his friends, his city, and ultimately himself, is to do the thing he fears most… to once again face the demon he was forced to summon.

Can Barker negotiate the traps that have been set for him – and regain his powers?

Or will Barker – and the souls of everyone he cares for – remain lost within the demon’s demented, living maze – and become damned forever?

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The last time Emerald Tarragon met Barker Moon there was a powerful chemistry – that she forced herself to reject.

Now Barker has returned – more determined than ever – and that electricity is back.

But Emerald has been hunted for her powers all her life – and she is about to seal a deal with a powerful entrepreneur – a betrayal of her kind that will ensure her safety from a world that is determined to cage, own and control her.

With Emerald and the casino she runs becoming a focal point for a massive supernatural battle – and with the city’s witches and sorcerers preparing to fight for their lives – Emerald finds herself compelled to re-renter the drama that represents everything she is determined to leave behind; a clandestine conspiracy she wishes only to expose and dismantle…

But this time, is Barker’s fight really the good fight? And can there ever be justice against the power of a demon?

Now, tonight, one rogue and angry sorceress will face a terrible decision – when the first great battle – in the last great war, between good and evil – will be determined completely upon the reckoning of Emerald Tarragon.

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