This new collection of eight short stories will appeal to fans of the macabre and the sinister, as many characters come to a sticky end. There are unintended consequences when a pioneering brain surgeon decides to treat his dog with human stem cells after a road accident leaves her with severe head injuries. An unscrupulous farmer gets more than he bargains for when he buys a revolutionary new tractor. A chance purchase of a pair of shoes in a secondhand shop changes Toby from a victim to an aggressor.

Set during the 2nd World War, Mushroom Cloud is an account of what could have happened if Germany had developed the nuclear bomb before America and the Americans could not support, or help Britain anymore. What if Adolf Hitler had such a hold over Britain that Churchill had to surrender to Germany? What would have become of the Royal Family, the Prime Minister and the government? But most importantly, what would have happened to the British people and their way of life? This gripping, sometimes harrowing story follows the lives of four different groups of people as they react to a cataclysmic event in war-torn Europe. In the cause of freedom, some risk their lives, some lose their lives and others find true love. Alan Whichello's first novel demonstrates a natural story-telling ability, which will have the reader hooked from the start

When an asteroid disintegrated on entering the Earth's atmosphere, some pieces fell to earth. Billy and his friend had been watching through their telescope in the early hours as a small meteorite ploughed into the fields behind their Oxfordshire home. The boys retrieved the meteorite and took it home before the authorities had time to search the area. What the boys found while examining the rock was to change the world. Previously humans had been the dominant species on Earth, now they had found a challenger.

When an asteroid disintegrated on entering the Earth's atmosphere, some pieces fell to earth. Billy and his friend had been watching through their telescope in the early hours as a small meteorite ploughed into the fields behind their Oxfordshire home. The boys retrieved the meteorite and took it home before the authorities had time to search the area. What the boys found while examining the rock was to change the world. Previously humans had been the dominant species on Earth, now they had found a challenger.

This new collection of eight short stories will appeal to fans of the macabre and the sinister, as many characters come to a sticky end. There are unintended consequences when a pioneering brain surgeon decides to treat his dog with human stem cells after a road accident leaves her with severe head injuries. An unscrupulous farmer gets more than he bargains for when he buys a revolutionary new tractor. A chance purchase of a pair of shoes in a secondhand shop changes Toby from a victim to an aggressor.

Set during the 2nd World War, Mushroom Cloud is an account of what could have happened if Germany had developed the nuclear bomb before America and the Americans could not support, or help Britain anymore. What if Adolf Hitler had such a hold over Britain that Churchill had to surrender to Germany? What would have become of the Royal Family, the Prime Minister and the government? But most importantly, what would have happened to the British people and their way of life? This gripping, sometimes harrowing story follows the lives of four different groups of people as they react to a cataclysmic event in war-torn Europe. In the cause of freedom, some risk their lives, some lose their lives and others find true love. Alan Whichello's first novel demonstrates a natural story-telling ability, which will have the reader hooked from the start