Deprived series
Two massive Pacific tectonic plate subductions; three volcanic eruptions send 30-40m tsunamis on to unsuspecting shores in the early hours of the morning. Pacific islands obliterated; the east coasts of New Zealand and Australia annihilated. Ash fills the skies; grounds planes. Temperatures plummet. World production of food and goods grinds to a devastating halt.
In Brisbane two now homeless women inspire their refugee camp. As perpetual snow falls in the Yorkshire Dales a stoic girl turns the local pub into a haven – of sorts. St Raphael on the French Riviera is a scene of riches to rags. Families self-destruct as millions abandon the deprivation of snowbound Europe.
You will be shocked; you’ll be intrigued, because volcanic eruptions and earthquakes have played havoc in the past, so why not in the future? Why not tomorrow? How much warning was there of the infamous Boxing Day tsunami or Fukushima, which claimed thousands of lives?
Due to the various locations imperial and metric measurements are used.
(Snowgirls, and Depraved were being edited at the time of the Kaikoura, NZ earthquake.)
Heather leaving Swaledale to begin her epic journey
Book One
Deprived
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Two massive Pacific tectonic plate subductions, three volcanic eruptions send 30-40m tsunamis on to unsuspecting shores in the early hours of the morning. Pacific islands obliterated; the east coasts of New Zealand and Australia annihilated. Ash fills the skies; grounds planes. Temperatures plummet. It snows and continues to snow, for two years. World production of food and goods comes to a devastating halt.
In Brisbane two now homeless women inspire their refugee camp. As perpetual snow falls in the Yorkshire Dales a stoic girl turns the local pub into a haven, of sorts. St Raphael on the French Riviera is a scene of riches to rags. Families self-destruct as millions abandon the deprivation of snowbound Europe.
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Book Two
Restored
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Deprived ended with Lisle being reunited with her twin sister Michelle at restaurant La Ronde, St Raphael on the Mediterranean coast, after travelling with intrepid Heather from Yorkshire on a Fordson tractor. Restored continues from there, with the restoration of communities after two years of deprivation.
Heather joins the team relocating refugees and makes a life-changing discovery: for herself and that of the refugee. No mention throughout Deprived was made of the British Royal Family’s fate. Restored: Book Two of the Deprived Series reveals their fate, from which a new, influential Regal House emerges.
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Book Three
Duarchy
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A new and young British Queen has been crowned. Claudia has stamped authority on her role as ruling Queen, and dissident leaders have felt her severe hand. She has abandoned the Royal Houses and moved to Winchester. Here she and her small staff live in terrace houses east of the Cathedral. Claudia has fallen in love with a local market gardener, Matt. Heather and Mia have joined her at Winchester: After a torrid first year of being Queen, the team have taken a holiday on board the repaired motor yacht Irene…
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Book Four
Revived
Following on from the end of Deprived the story continued with Restored, where Lady Claudia Rochester learned due to the disappearance of three generations of the British Royal Family, she was now Queen. However, she insisted on being a ruling not a reigning only Queen. At her peril, she begins to restore economic sovereignty to Britain and all Commonwealth countries.
In Duarchy Claudia is joined by her cousin Betsy, and the two rule together, becoming the most influential people in Europe and beyond. Heather heads west to Saltash, and there continues with her willingness to help everybody but herself, while at St Raphael the twins Michelle and Lisle continue with their various enterprises. Despite the ongoing climatic conditions due to the eruptions of years earlier the Queens declare war on unemployment and poverty, taking several countries out of the mire created by corruption.
The fourth book, Revived, returns the setting to Brisbane, Australia, where Amy is abducted in a bizarre case of mistaken identity, leading to all manner of relationships, as a background to the planning of new inland cities. The building of these, draw in Northern Hemisphere characters.
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