Download or read book Cooktown Christmas written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-20 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Collins is a 16-year-old navy cadet navigating the choppy waters of adolescence. When his relationship with Tina hits the rocks, Andrew finds himself adrift on unfamiliar seas, grappling with the complexities of love and temptation. During a short voyage on a navy patrol boat, the cadets are spectators to the arrest of a suspicious old freighter and the discovery of an old naval mine. Whilst docked in the historic North Queensland town of Cooktown to pick up bomb disposal divers, Andrew meets some of the local girls and suddenly the prospect of spending the Christmas holidays at the famous bush pub, the Lions Den, looks quite attractive. When Andrew’s family travel to the Lions Den to manage it for the holiday season, there is romance, lust, romantic opportunities, and sadness as Andrew is faced with difficult choices (which girl?) and hard moral decisions. Yet danger lurks beneath the tranquil surface. In the remote jungles and bush, Andrew has to draw on all his courage, skill and reserves of character and stamina to survive and to save his sister Carmen and Tina. So join Andrew and Carmen and spend the Christmas holidays in a fascinating and historic part of Far North Queensland. Suitable for teenagers

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Download or read book The Boy and the Battleship written by C. R. Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For twelve-year-old battleship hobbyist, Graham Kirk, opportunities like this don’t come along every day. He jumps at the chance to fulfil his dream of becoming a sailor like his father and enlists as a navy cadet. But he has discovered girls and is torn between doing what’s right and doing what’s forbidden. When at a party, Graham overhears a terrorist plot to sink a US navy destroyer as it sails into Cairns harbour. But who should he tell when his superiors don’t trust him? And what role does his new girlfriend, Thelma, have to play? Is she just an innocent anti-war protestor, or has his desire for her blinded him to the awful truth? His initiation into the navy cadets comes with some unexpected—and dangerous—complications… and Graham quickly learns that there’s no substitute for self-respect and being true to yourself.

Download or read book Through the Devil s Eye written by C.R. Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old Air Cadet Willy Williams and his instructor are forced to make an emergency landing in their light aircraft at an isolated cattle station in the vast wilderness of Far North Queensland. As the repaired aircraft is taxiing to take off, a woman rushes toward them screaming for help. Behind her is an armed and dangerous criminal desperate to protect the secret he’s hiding at the station—at all costs. The man takes aim at the airplane and fires, thrusting Willy into the most desperate situation he has ever encountered. To survive, he must use all the knowledge and skills he has learned as an air cadet. Over the next few days, Willy is tested to the limits of his character and physical endurance. Willy is torn between what he must do to survive and the person he actually is. Can he save the woman from the hands of the criminal gang? What terrifying choices tear at his conscience? Join Willy as he struggles to survive through the Devil’s Eye and do what he believes to be the right thing.

Download or read book The Cadet Corporal written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in his 2nd year as Australian Army Cadet, trouble-maker Graham Kirk is faced with the biggest crisis of his cadetship. The annual field camp has begun and over nine gruelling days he will be forced to face challenges and temptations that test his integrity, courage and loyalty to the limit. Top of the list is Pigsy and his gang, soured by jealousy and resentment. And of course the girls. Will they stand in the way of his promotion to sergeant? Or will he rise to the challenge and become the leader nobody thinks he can be?

Download or read book Barbara in the Bush written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australian Cadet Warrant Officer, seventeen-year-old Barbara Brassington, is on a promotion training camp in the bush near Bunyip River in North Queensland. To her mixed delight and dismay, Cupid’s arrow finds its mark, forcing her to confront her own mental demons—particularly her sexuality. But there is vicious rivalry which splits the course into factions and Barbara finds herself in deadly peril deep in the bush. Barbara must use her cadet training to survive this hostile environment, which will test her character and endurance to the limit.

Download or read book Secret in the Clouds written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 8 p.m. Saturday night February. The 'Wet Season' in tropical North Queensland Stephen Bell and his three friends of the 'Hiking Team' — Graham, Peter, and Roger — are camped in the jungle at the foot of the Black Mountain when they hear what sounds like a light aircraft crash into the mountain. Stephen is impelled to investigate but what he finds in the cloud and thick rainforest near the top of the mountain impels him to discover what really happened and who was involved. But his attempts to uncover the past reveal secrets that some powerful and dangerous people are determined to keep concealed. At all costs. Stephen and his friends are lead into deadly peril as they find shocking discoveries that test their emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and physical limits. "An adventure story for both teenagers and adults that touches on a little-known aspect of Australia's history."

Download or read book Sugar Spice written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not every girl is made of all things nice… Declin Riley is 19 and a computer controller at the Caster Sugar Mill in Far North Queensland. But in his first weeks on the job he is witness to the murder of a fellow co-worker. For reasons unknown, some of the mill workers are determined to sabotage the mill and cause it to go bankrupt. To make matters worse, Declin is caught up in a love triangle with the boss’s young daughter, Carol, and Army Cadet Sergeant Graham Kirk. Declin and Graham are led into conflict, temptation and extreme danger. Both are severely tested both in body and spirit as evil forces lead them into a desperate crisis. A romantic adventure story in the tradition of C.R. Cummings Cadet Series.

Download or read book The Word of God written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The massive triangular mountain called Walsh Pyramid stands one thousand metres above the floodplain in Far North Queensland. Eight army cadets are hiking towards it, when they encounter a shadowy figure who tells them a tale so bizarre they find it difficult to believe. But not Stephen Bell. He knows it is true and urges the group to act immediately. As they clamber up the mountain in a desperate race against time, they collide headlong with forces they barely imagined could exist. Over the ensuing four days they are tested emotionally, spiritually and physically as they seek to vanquish the evil that lurks atop the mysterious pyramid. An evil that knows no limits.

Download or read book Spinifex written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2024-03-21 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the unforgiving spinifex country, Rose MacGregor and her baby sister face danger as their family holiday turns perilous. Threatened by armed strangers during a gem-fossicking expedition, Rosie’s mettle is tested. In the searing 38-degree heat and desolate wilderness, she must rely on her army cadet training—wits, brains, memory, and determination—to navigate the treacherous terrain and protect her little sister. Can Rose overcome the odds and protect her sister in the vast, challenging landscape of the Selwyn Ranges? Spinifex is a gripping tale of courage, resourcefulness, and the indomitable spirit of a young army cadet in the rugged heart of Northwest Queensland.

Download or read book Cockatoo written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen-year old navy cadet Tina Babcock is in love. But Tina is very shy, inexperienced and unsure of herself. While on a cadet canoe expedition on remote Koombooloomba Dam in the jungles of Far North Queensland, she and her friends encounter a gang of dangerous poachers. Tina’s life is in peril because of the secrets she now knows. In a desperate struggle to escape, she must use her navy cadet skills and wits to extricate herself from the gang’s clutches. Tina must push herself to the very limits of endurance to give herself a fighting chance of survival... and love. Cockatoo is suitable for teenage and adult readers with an enjoyment of adventure-spiced romance.

Download or read book Davy Jones s Locker written by C. R. Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is August in Cairns, North Queensland, the tropical Winter and tourist season. Andrew Collins a 14 year old local lad and navy cadet has begun a SCUBA diving course, along with his older sister Carmen. Also on the course is Muriel who is the same age and also a navy cadet. Andrew has fallen in love with her and is very anxious to impress her, but lacks experience with girls. But on his very first dive in the open sea Andrew discovers that he is terrified; afraid of all the dangerous creates that inhabit the Coral Sea, and also scared of having to do training and tests such as removing his face mask under water. Pride battles with panic. Despising himself for being a coward who is too afraid to admit he is scared, Andrew keeps on trying. As he struggles with the challenges of diving Andrew also stumbles on an old family puzzle: What happened to his own grandfather, also a diver? Bert Collins was lost at sea many years before, but was he? Andrew and Carmen find themselves drawn into a deadly web of lies and danger as they try to find out the truth. Andrew finds himself confronted by the biggest challenges of his young life. At the same time as he struggles to keep his self respect, and while he agonizes over the ups and downs of his love life, he is also caught in a situation requiring him to make cruel choices which threaten to harm himself, his own family, and others that he loves. Before the truth is revealed Andrew has to battle with all his worst nightmares come true. Davy Joness Locker is an adventure to be enjoyed by anyone who was, or is, a Navy Cadet, or who likes stories about the sea. It is suitable for teenagers.

Download or read book Fourteen written by C.R. Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Graham Kirk has just turned 14 and his life is at a crisis point. A year before he had joined the Navy Cadets full of hope and ambition. But a medical exam scuppered his dreams of ever achieving his long-cherished ambition of being a naval officer. Compounding matters, everything in his life seems to be going wrong. He is in trouble at school with both the teachers and the bullies. To add to his woes, he is now feeling the full force of puberty and is driven by strong urges he is struggling to control. It seems his whole life is a miserable burden. But a chance meeting with a regular army soldier, Warrant Officer Howley, offers him the opportunity to get his life back on track—the Army Cadets. Temptations abound, and friends and false friends lead him into situations that could harm him and destroy his future. Graham is thrust into a series of events that will test his character, his morals, his conscience, his courage, and his faith.

Download or read book The Mudskipper Cup written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2011-11-27 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life of Graham Kirk is awash with disappointment. At twelve years of age he had joined the Navy Cadets, full of hope and expectation, but a routine eye examination destroyed all his dreams of becoming a naval officer. In despair, he leaves the Navy Cadets and rejects all things to do with the sea. But it is not as easy as that. Tied to the sea through his father, a ship captain, Graham cannot break the pull of the sea. Furthermore, he can't abandon his two loves: model-ship building and Jennifer, the golden-haired Navy Cadet and daughter of a British naval officer. Now a teenager, his desire for her has consumed his being. Can he win her heart? And can he defeat the cheating bullies that will do all in their power to steal her heart and win the prestigious Mudskipper Cup?

Download or read book The Cadet Under Officer written by C. R. Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen year-old Elizabeth has been handed a briefcase full of incriminating documents by her dying uncle, documents wanted by a gang of crooks. In desperation she flees into the bush, where she encounters seventeen year-old Cadet Under-Officer Graham Kirk and his platoon of army cadets. Graham decides to hide Elizabeth until he can contact the authorities. But how? And who can he trust? As the days go by the crooks become ever more desperate. Graham s leadership and character are put to the test in the most challenging adventure of his young life. Set in the savannah country of inland North Queensland, this fast-paced action-adventure story will keep you guessing right until the very end. Read on and join with the cadets on an adventure of a lifetime.

Download or read book Beyond the Barrier Reef written by Christopher Cummings and published by DoctorZed Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixteen-year-old navy cadet, Andrew Collins, is spending the April school holidays with his older sister, Carmen, assisting a university research program on the Great Barrier Reef. Whilst SCUBA diving hundred kilometres out to sea around Yule Reef, they find something out of place, something unnatural that should not be there... and that they should not have seen. The discovery leads brother and sister into the most desperate situation they have ever encountered. Join them as they struggle to survive in the harsh and unforgiving environment against both nature and an evil cartel.