Ant and Cleo Series by Dominic Green

Part one of the epic 'Ant and Cleo' series from Hugo-nominated author Dominic Green.UFOs do not land in country parks. They are not piloted by Englishmen. They do not have nameplates saying "HAWKER SIDDELEY AVIATION." And they are never, ever filled with smuggled catering packs of Monster Munch.Britain has had a top secret colony in space for decades... morePart one of the epic 'Ant and Cleo' series from Hugo-nominated author Dominic Green.UFOs do not land in country parks. They are not piloted by Englishmen. They do not have nameplates saying "HAWKER SIDDELEY AVIATION." And they are never, ever filled with smuggled catering packs of Monster Munch.Britain has had a top secret colony in space for decades. Unfortunately, the colony has grown tired of being run by the mother country - and the mother country has decided it's time to send in the military. A war of independence is going on, and one man's rebel is another man's freedom fighter. Between these two sides are Anthony Stevens and Cleopatra Shakespeare, abducted from England and hurled into a war between Britain, America, and the newly, fiercely independent United States of the Zodiac. A black girl from Northampton is about to encounter the dystopian U.S. colony of New Dixie, where the Deep South lives again and the white man rules supreme - and both Ant and Cleo are about to discover that the Cold War never ended in outer space, and that the KGB are still alive and well out among the scarlet stars.All flying saucer technology comes from the Saucerers, but who are they? Where is the mysterious hidden colony of Gondolin? How did the United States of America come to have interstellar spacecraft in the 1950s? And who or what is Truman J. Slughound the Third? Find out in a series guaranteed to contain colour-changing aliens, Godless communists from Altair, rednecks from Barnard's Star, space fighters, rocket pistols, death by ecstasy, very bad hair, and more explosions than you can shake a stick at. less

Somewhere in Bedfordshire, someone may be working on a bomb that could destroy a world. Mysterious Men in Black need Ant and Cleo to find out for sure, but they'll have to get past Flossie and the girls first... The return of Ant and Cleo.

Cleo is so glad not to be going to Germany. She hates sausages, and knows for a fact that every adult German is forced to wear Lederhosen from birth. But Commodore Drummond needs Ant and Cleo in Germany - there is a thing there, long forgotten, that could change the course of the war with Earth. Unfortunately, Larry's not far behind them - and this time, he's in wolf's clothing...

In the Sunset Desert of Alpha Centauri A Four are three immense structures. For nearly thirty years, these massive mines have used United States of the Zodiac prisoners to dig uraninite out of the ground by hand. No-one escapes from Alpha Four. Once you are sent there, established wisdom considers you as good as dead. It's time for Ant and Cleo to prove established wisdom wrong...

The Battle of Laputa is over. But on Earth, the Un-Zodiacal Activities Commission are interesting themselves in mysterious archaeological diggings. In orbit around Altair, Krell's sister planet, Novyeye Zemlya is approaching, bringing the deadly Surge. And somewhere between the two, the cadets on board the Levi Morgan are trying very, very hard to get their set of silver wings...

Earth's problem children are coming home, and no-one's killing the fatted calf to welcome them. Bad things are happening back in the Really Old Country. Alastair Drague is getting nervous. Things are going on in his capital city that his own people either can't or won't make head or tail of. What is going on, and is it linked to something murderously efficient out at Barnard's Star that seems to be killing United States of the Zodiac starships? Drague needs fresh minds on the problem... moreEarth's problem children are coming home, and no-one's killing the fatted calf to welcome them. Bad things are happening back in the Really Old Country. Alastair Drague is getting nervous. Things are going on in his capital city that his own people either can't or won't make head or tail of. What is going on, and is it linked to something murderously efficient out at Barnard's Star that seems to be killing United States of the Zodiac starships? Drague needs fresh minds on the problem. He needs U.S.Z. Intelligence, and its newest special agents, Anthony Stevens and Cleopatra Nefertiti Shakespeare. But Drague's own people are getting nervous about Drague himself... less

What is going on? Anthony Stevens is working as a hick town barnstormer; Cleopatra Shakespeare is reading fortunes in a circus; Jochen von Spitzenburg is back making coffee for his social betters in a side street café. Tamora Shakespeare and Vladlena Ilyushina are mixing with criminals, smuggling goods between Earth and Laputa. To cap it all, Elizabeth Ortega is still at large, and working with the complete assistance of Captain Yancy and Commodore Drummond... moreWhat is going on? Anthony Stevens is working as a hick town barnstormer; Cleopatra Shakespeare is reading fortunes in a circus; Jochen von Spitzenburg is back making coffee for his social betters in a side street café. Tamora Shakespeare and Vladlena Ilyushina are mixing with criminals, smuggling goods between Earth and Laputa. To cap it all, Elizabeth Ortega is still at large, and working with the complete assistance of Captain Yancy and Commodore Drummond. Surely this isn't the happy ending everyone worked so hard for - and whose are those spindle-shaped ships dropping out of the dull green skies of the United States of the Zodiac's capital planet? less