Arresting developments...

November, 2025

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So much happens in short succession.
 
To begin with, we have finally published Richard Mile’s historical work, Mounted: Personal Reflections on the Mounted Cadre of the South Australia Police 1951-1999. This project started back in 2020 as a series of interviews with former members of the Mounted Cadre and developed into an engaging and interesting record of member’s accounts of the South Australian Police and their grey horses in historical events. The blurb to the book reads:
 
“For more than 185 years, the streets of Adelaide have rung with the hoofbeat of police horses. The Mounted Cadre of the South Australia Police, with its iconic troop of grey horses stabled at the Thebarton Police Barracks, provided diligent service from 1951 until 1999.
 
Showcasing first-hand accounts of royal escorts, violent protests, drug seizures, hilarity, thrills and spills, and much more, MOUNTED celebrates personal stories of the service of Cadre members and their silent partners, the police greys.”
 
Hardback copies can already be purchased on the US Amazon site – MOUNTED – as can ebook versions – MOUNTED – but for Australians copies will also be available from the South Australian Police Historical Society in the new year or can be ordered through us by emailing [email protected] and we can organise and post hardback copies along with invoices. Price is being sorted at the moment. Richard is planning to officially launch the book at some point, so it’s worth keeping an eye on the Mounted Facebook page:
 
This month also sees the exciting release of the third book in The Last Wizard series – Jaysin. As the blurb explains:
 
“Always considered different because he has no interest in becoming a warrior like his older brother, Jaysin's fascination with learning and magic draws him into a quest to rescue his sister, her dragon, and his brother.
 
Shifting circumstances lead Jaysin to the capital of the mighty Kermakk Empire to find his brother, Chasse, but there the Karudarteta, a sorceress and advisor to the Empire's ruler, the Karudar Marfek, offers him access to ultimate arcane mastery, if he is willing to serve her.
 
Faced with the opportunity to show his siblings that he is as worthy of admiration as they are, Jaysin must decide whether to embrace the power of magic by serving the Kermakk Empire, whose leader is determined to kill his sister and her dragon, or to sacrifice his personal ambitions to save his family.”
 
Jaysin will be available on Amazon, but, as with Tamesan and Chasse, if you are in Australia and would like to buy a paperback or hardback version of the books pop me an email at [email protected] and I’ll organise for you. Kindle copies are currently free to download.
 
Christmas is bearing down and we have lots to do before the last blog of 2025.