The Promise of Happiness William McCranor Henderson Ballista is called to muster

Ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the Imperium

The fourth novel in Paul Doherty's Ancient Egyptian series

The author of Stark Raving Elvis writes a riotous literary tour de force

A two-part BBC Radio 4 Dramatisation directed by and starring David Threlfall (Shameless)

The Promise of Happiness William McCranor Henderson Ballista is called to musterThe Judds, formerly of London N1, now scattered, are about to be thrown together again by the eldest child Juliet's release from prison in New York. The family is devastated by Juliet's conviction for art theft. The nature of this theft and the reasons for it plague all the protagonists. For Charles, the father, it is a challenge to his sense of rightness and proof of the disintegration of society. For his wife Daphne, it is a source of resentment and