Donna Maree Hanson

Amber RoseA book of manners, magic and mayhem...and, perhaps, a tad too many sconesAll Ambrose Fulton wants is to enjoy his idyllic life at Hatfield, helping his wife Milly raise their little son, tolerating Aunt Prudence and entertaining their friends.What he gets is a ferocious assault from a violet-eyed automaton that devastates the estate and makes off with his enchanted clockwork arm, brutally ripped from his shoulder. To the rescue, barely in time to save his life, come friends Edward Huntington, gentleman magician, and his wife, the monster-slayer Jemima. Whoever sent the machine can only have wanted one thing: to glean the secrets of Huntington's magical mechanical designs for purposes clearly nefarious. Now as well as wrangling an anxious innkeeper, a fake heir, interfering magistrates, odd magicians and some thoroughly unexpected visitors, they must uncover their mysterious enemy's identity and stop them or who knows what evil ends Huntington's inventions will be put to?A Victorian paranormal steampunk fantasy, with gothic horror elements and romance.

Amber RoseA book of manners, magic and mayhem...and, perhaps, a tad too many sconesAll Ambrose Fulton wants is to enjoy his idyllic life at Hatfield, helping his wife Milly raise their little son, tolerating Aunt Prudence and entertaining their friends.What he gets is a ferocious assault from a violet-eyed automaton that devastates the estate and makes off with his enchanted clockwork arm, brutally ripped from his shoulder. To the rescue, barely in time to save his life, come friends Edward Huntington, gentleman magician, and his wife, the monster-slayer Jemima. Whoever sent the machine can only have wanted one thing: to glean the secrets of Huntington's magical mechanical designs for purposes clearly nefarious. Now as well as wrangling an anxious innkeeper, a fake heir, interfering magistrates, odd magicians and some thoroughly unexpected visitors, they must uncover their mysterious enemy's identity and stop them or who knows what evil ends Huntington's inventions will be put to?Victorian steampunk fantasy, with gothic horror elements and romance

Nine science fiction stories about robots Feminist twists, sentimental journeys, nostalgia and an Australian icon feature in this collection of short stories. These tales draw from an imagined past, with 'Be Still My Beating Clockwork Heart'. They delve into Australian icons with Clancy of the Overflow recast in space with robot sheep in 'Clancy'. These stories dabble in the life of an augmented soldier in 'The Cleansing', an immortal woman and her android bodyguard in 'Bodily Control' and robot baby-sitters in 'Crash Baby' and 'Robot Heart.' A future where technology is entwined with human lives, such as an AI boyfriend in 'Bee Friend', or deep technology integration in 'Winnie's Remedial Reading and Writing Class' and the ultimate twist in 'The Discontented Wife'.

Argenterra 's origin storyA prequel to the Silverlands series Follow Vorn and the First Comers as they flee their war torn world and travel to Argenterra through the Crystal Gate.Vorn detects the magic inherent in the world of Argenterra, the land's given magic. Through oaths Vorn secures a peaceful future for his kin. But be careful of the oaths you make

Bring out the cold soldiers who lie in frozen sleep.Do not wake them nor let their tranquil faces beguile.They are purveyors of death.They must burn What soldiers? Colony Five has been proudly peaceful since before living memory. The cryptic new orders make no sense to Deleen Milo... until she sees the burning bodies in the stasis sarcophagi. She tries to uncover the truth behind the mysterious soldiers, only to become adrift in a colony suddenly full of secrets and threats. Who wants the soldiers destroyed and the colony defenceless?Pursued into hiding, Deleen manages to revive Rik Chesson, a Cold Soldier trying to understand the new world waiting for him after 134 years of cryosleep. Deleen has never trusted easily, and Rik's nanotech-infused posthuman form sets her nerves on edge. But they are the only ones who can rescue the surviving Cold Soldiers and defend the colony against a deadly new threat. They have to work together, and as they begin to truly know one another Deleen realises that however Rik's body may have changed, the man inside might just be one she can love...

Omnibus Edition Rayessa and the Space PiratesSixteen year old Rae Stroder lives in a hollow asteroid, a defunct refueling station, with a brain- damaged adult, Gris, for company. Low on supplies, they've been eking out an existence for years eating beans and hard tack. Everything changes when Alwin Anton, ultra-clean, smart and handsome AllEarth Corp company auditor, arrives to find disarray and a deeper mystery. Who is Rae Stroder? To make matters worse, space pirates attack and Rae and Alwin Anton head on a madcap adventure to discover Rae's true identity and stay alive.Rae and Essa's Space AdventuresRayessa and the Space Pirates introduced, Essa, Rayessa's spoilt, educated and fashionable sister. When Opi, their mother, goes missing, along with Rae's boyfriend, Alwin, Rae recklessly goes in search of them. Hot on their trail, Essa sneaks out of school, bribes spaceport officials and convinces Captain Thorn Hanover to take her on his ship straight into a space pirate trap...

Through These Eyes Have you ever wondered what is real? Are everyday things just as they seem or is there a secret world just beyond our perception? One that bends and shifts as it hides from our sight? Eleven tales of speculative fiction from Australian author, Donna Maree Hanson

Deliciously dark fantasy... "Shatterwing has all the fantasy ingredients I love: tormented heroes, a truly twisted villain - and a brand new take on dragons " Glenda Larke, (award winning author of The Stormlord Trilogy) "Dark and compelling, with strong characters and a sense of grim inevitability that pulls you along with the story." Craig Cormick, (award-winning author of the Shadow Master Series.) The story concludes... Dragons wane, undone by the magic embedded in the falling moon fragments. Soon there will be nothing left of Margra to save... As skyfire purges the land above, Salinda assembles what she needs to find the machine that could avert final moonfall. Heavily pregnant, Salinda has no choice to go on the arduous journey because she carries the cadre, a source of power and knowledge necessary to save the world. Meanwhile, the remnants of the human race huddle in the underground city of Barrahiem in the hope that they will survive what is to come. Into the Hiem Travel Ways, Salinda and her companions head for the continent of Arvoli. For thousands of years no one has travelled these ancient paths to this partially-submerged continent. Crumbling, the Travel Ways are as treacherous as they are magical. With the sky churning like a cauldron and moonfall imminent, they discover they are not the first to arrive. Salinda and her band must fight to reach the ancient machine that could avert moonfall. Time is running out...

Deliciously dark fantasy... "Shatterwing has all the fantasy ingredients I love: tormented heroes, a truly twisted villain - and a brand new take on dragons " Glenda Larke, (award winning author of The Stormlord Trilogy) "Dark and compelling, with strong characters and a sense of grim inevitability that pulls you along with the story." Craig Cormick, (award-winning author of the Shadow Master Series.) The story continues... On the devastated world of Margra, where man-eating dragons are tamer than the humans, a small band of heroes fight for a brighter future. After a battle with the malevolent baron and the evil dragon creature, Gercomo, to prevent the life giving dragon wine being sequestered in the doomsday city, Eternity, for use by the rich elite, Salinda turns her attention to the looming disaster that threatens their very existence. With the aid of the powerful cadre, an ancient source of power and knowledge, Salinda fights to save her planet, Margra, from the final moonfall--an event that will destroy the already ravaged planet. Currently safe within the underground city of Barraheim, a heavily pregnant Salinda knows that the end is looming and that a solution must be found. Plagued with doubt, she ponders whether her child be born before moonfall or born at all. With Nils's, her alien mate incapacitated and others in her band recovering from injuries, Salinda struggles to decipher an ancient text that speaks of a machine that might help them. And in the dark spaces beneath Barrahiem lurks something else, something mysterious and dangerous...

Beneath the Floating City, SF short story collection. Shortlisted for a Australian 2017 Aurealis Award for collected work. A collection of seven science fiction tales by Donna Maree Hanson, featuring: Beneath the Floating City, Green, Green Grass of Homeworld, Night of Masks and Spears, Warning Buoy, Lake Absence, Other and Abandoned Time.