Böcker av Ian Kennedy

"My name is Mark Jattic. I am a reporter. I went on this pioneering expedition to document humanity's first faster than light travel to another solar system. We jumped 1500 light years to this star system. We expected to find nothing but rocks. We found ...*static*... Our oxygen will run out soon. The supplies were damaged ...*static*... We cannot survive here. The world is hostile. It's not like home. We're dying out here. I know you won't see this message until you find us; what's left of us. 1500 light years is too far to send a signal. The onboard computer has gone crazy. We've gone ...*static*... To those who will find this recording on our beacon ...*static*... Protect Earth. Protect home. Please, listen to me. The ...*static*... is death. This is Mark Jattic, reporter with the Maia expedition ship, signing off, for what may be the last time." This novel is inspired by works such as Heart of Darkness, Requiem for a Dream, and Lord of the Flies.

Using real-life stories, the author draws on his extensive experience in public life to explain and illustrate what leadership involves away from the spotlight - lower case leadership rather than in capitals letters. He presents an anatomy of leadership - from vision to team-work to delivery.

Fleeing Mars for Europa, a moon of Jupiter, the crew of the Green Dragon become the spark which ignites the war between the Solar Solutions Corporation and the Collective Zone as the Collective Zone Great Fleet invades Solar Solutions territory. Alfred fears losing all hold of his sanity as his zetting becomes increasingly self-destructive. Soldiers on both sides clash for the glory of their corporation and blind survival. Everyone must ask themselves: what price are they willing to pay for victory?

It is the 26th century. Alfred, known as Theta 7B to the Solar Solutions Corporation, is a zetter who debugs and solves computer issues by logging in mentally to a computer system. He navigates the circuits with his mind. Zetting is addictive and dangerous, but a huge rush. Alfred lives and works on the run-down Florida Station, a space station orbiting Jupiter, controlled by the Solar Solutions Corporation. Alfred discovers dangerous problems with the network during a zet. It leads him down a path that will endanger everything he holds dear as he figures out what is going wrong on Florida Station. It leads him to people he dreads and places that he fears. He must contact people from the other great corporation, the Collective Zone. He has to fight to maintain his sanity. He has to maintain hope. Never underestimate the power, and the danger, of hope.

Alfred, Draz, and Artisius escape from Earth in the Green Dragon and make their way to Mars as they attempt to outrun the Collective Zone Great Fleet. On Mars, they try to get lost in the criminal gangs that operate with impunity on the planet. Alfred struggles with his sanity, as his zetting gets more and more enslaving. Alfred, Draz, and Artisius try to escape the danger of the situation they are in as the Great Fleet of the Collective Zone chases them. Freedom is many things to many people.

"More than just history, this book can teach us all something. On Account of Darkness is a powerful read about racism and overcoming prejudice, not just in sports, but in Canada. These untold stories need to be heard." BOB IZUMI, sportsman and host of the Real Fishing Show "These stories show that anything is possible, and good things can happen, no matter who you are." FERGIE JENKINS, member of the MLB Hall of Fame For racialized athletes past and present, achievement can bring celebrity without equality and recognition without opportunity. ". . . it is so refreshing to read something that breaks new ground and discusses the issue from angles we have not seen. It is a deep dive into a vital topic that also contains such depth of feeling, depth of history, and depth of personal recollection to animate why knowing the past is so critical for the present." DAVE ZIRIN, Sports Editor, The Nation "A well-researched and often uncomfortable trip through Canadian sports history. Ian Kennedy's reporting . . . will rekindle discussions about athletes from our country's past who deserve a more prominent place in history and ought to also spark a debate about whether some of Canada's most prominent sporting legends deserve the pedestal they have been put upon." RICK WESTHEAD, TSN Senior Correspondent

Two true stories of aviation heroism and daring set during the Battle of Britain in 1940 - drawn by comics legend Ian Kennedy!

Cleaning Up the Mess describe the bullying, the bitterness and the occasional kindnesses he experienced. But above all it shows how a thick skin, courage and a belief that IPSA was doing the right thing kept the show on the road.

Steam locomotives gripped the imagination when they first appeared in nineteenth-century Europe and America. Aboard these great machines, passengers travelled at faster speeds than ever before. This work captures both the fear and excitement of early train travel as it probes the artistic response to steam locomotion within its social setting.