Bøker av John Hearne

A fast-paced extra-terrestrial adventure. Martin's parents have disappeared. Also, it turns out, they are aliens. Which makes Martin ...? As Martin and his friend Tina search for his parents, they discover enormous light-emitting eggs in an abandoned mine. It's clear they're not going to be hatching out anything cuddly. Things get worse when their attempts to destroy the eggs result in a hatching of massive killer insects, who immediately go on a rampage to destroy all human life. Ooops. As Martin begins to realise his alien powers, he and his friends race to save the world.

Absurdly enjoyable dark adventure about a boy's mission to stop his evil sisters terrorising the town

Set in a colonial Caribbean country in the post-war years, Stranger at the Gate is a classic Caribbean novel with the narrative drive of Hemingway, the sense of fate of classical Greek tragedy, a sensuous appreciation of Jamaica, and an acute, if indulgent, portrayal of the white and light-brown landed and commercial elite.