Tony Cooper

A collection of nine short stories about life, death and consequences. A mix of creepy, disturbing contemporary fantasy and science fiction stories in one book.In "The Resurrection Tree", a young girl changes the course of her family's life in one moment of panic.In "The Chaos Police", in the future, every action you take has a consequence, and you only get so many chances.In "Jazz On The Radio", a Professor finds he cannot escape the past he so desperately wants to.In "Seaview Hotel", an unusual group of individuals make a pilgrimage to a remote Scottish beach.In "Fake Mary", you are not even safe inside your own memories.In "The Last Villain", pride comes before the fall of mankind.In "Lord Of Shadow", a small boy becoming emotionally detached from his parents finds solace in the darkness.In "Making Gods", two linguistics experts find an awkward romance over ancient carvings.In 'The Colours of Jupiter' a group of scientists undertaking a radical experiment to prove the nature of time end up discovering more about their own nature.

The Resurrection Tree and Other Stories

My name is Martin Molloy. I haven't used my powers in almost two decades. I've been a night security guard for four years and not had a panic attack for nearly ten months. We are no longer allowed to use our powers in public for fear of arrest. Which suits me fine. They were no use in helping save her anyway. Now I just want to forget everything that happened and stay unknown. But then my old teammate and best friend Vincent is murdered by another hero. My carefully constructed solitude crumbles around me as the Police, the Powered Crime Agency and the rest of my old team search for answers. All I want is to find out who killed him without having to dredge up too much pain from the past, but when the super-powered killer comes after me, all I am left with are nightmares.

Powerless

"Hello! Need a 'sensitive' item delivered 'discreetly' anywhere in the colonised galaxies? Then 'Higgs & Soap: Galaxy Delivery' are waiting for your encrypted call. We operate in the strictest confidence for your peace of mind*!" (*yes we do illegal stuff) It was supposed to be a simple, straightforward job: transport a data card from one solar system to another and get paid. But it turns out that the data on the card makes it the most valuable item in the galaxy. With highly trained killers and thieves after it, the only people standing in their way are Higgs and Soap, and they really, really don't want to die. Join Higgs (independent entrepreneur) and Soap (ace pilot and engineer) as they tear across the galaxy pursued by cyborgs and genetically modified thugs. All they want is to get paid! And to not die. They're quite insistent about that part. "Higgs & Soap – we take anything, anywhere!"

Higgs & Soap: Galaxy Delivery

Who is really in charge of our schools – the headteachers or the politicians? Tony Cooper lifts the lid on leading a school at a time of increasing accountability and government interferenceIn December 2011 Tony Cooper retired from the headship of a comprehensive secondary school in Cambridgeshire after almost a quarter of a century in post. In Head on the Block he reflects on the many issues that have affected education over this time, discussing their impact on schools in general and his own school in particular. He places issues and events within a social and historical context, showing how education has been subjected, during the period of his career, to vastly increased political interference. His commentary is interspersed with many personal recollections and anecdotes, both humorous and serious, as he presents a critique of the condition of state education today and how the role of the headteacher has changed. He takes a light-hearted look at his own school and university education and shows how the successes – and amusing mishaps – of his early career impacted on his decision to seek headship. The author loses no opportunity to take issue with the seemingly endless stream of government initiatives which have been flung at headteachers, impinging on the management of schools and unduly influencing the content and delivery of the school curriculum. At the same time he delivers an irreverent swipe at today’s climate of political correctness and the continual need for change for its own sake. Above all, he challenges the current results-orientated, target-driven culture which has been systematically inflicted on schools, making a plea for education to be as broad as possible and enjoyable for its own sake rather than simply a means to an end.

Head on the Block

Ruth doesn't want to be famous, she just wants to be seen and accepted for who she is. And she is prepared to defy her father to take part in a Hero talent show to create a new team for Element City. However she doesn't count on a team of villains from the 1970s waking themselves up in order to bring Havoc to the present day. Neither do Martin and Hayley, who inadvertently stumble upon their plot and find themselves risking their lives to save the villain's ultimate target: the TV show's contestants.

A Superhero Novel

Die Famous

My name is Martin Molloy. I haven’t used my powers in almost two decades. I’ve been a night security guard for four years and not had a panic attack for nearly ten months. Then my old teammate and best friend Vincent is murdered by another power. My carefully constructed solitude crumbles around me as the Police, the Powered Crime Agency and the rest of the team search for answers. All I want is to find out who killed him without having to dredge up too much pain from the past, but when the super-powered killer comes after me, all I am left with are nightmares.

This is a special edition collecting the first two books in the 'Powerless' superhero novel series from Tony Cooper. **** POWERLESS When the friend of a retired superhero is killed by another power, he drags himself out of his self-imposed isolation to find out who is responsible. He soon finds himself digging up a past he would rather forget, risking exposing the secret of why his team split up and destroying all their lives. **** KILLING GODS When a physically mutated villain's son goes missing from protective care, he goes on a rampage to try and find his child. In his way stand a Child Protection Officer following her heart above her duty, a violent anti-hero group desperate for media attention, a seemingly benevolent hero-worshipping cult and Martin and Hayley struggling to work out who they can trust.

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