What I do get to do however, is to sample a LOT of books, and I get to fall in love with a few. And the few that take me to a different place, more than make up for the rest of the 450 on that list that made me want to go out and re-plant the trees. So here they are, my top picks for 2011, for those of you for whom Morrissey and Reilly just don't cut it. Read more

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Matthew Reilly bestselling author of the Scarecrow novels –Scarecrow And The Army Of Thieves, Scarecrow, Area 7, and Ice Station – and many more Ten Terrifying Questions ——————————– 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Scho... Read more

Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, the battle to save the world has begun… THE SECRET BASE It is a top-secret base known only as Dragon Island. A long-forgotten relic of the Cold War, it houses a weapon of terrible destructive force, a weapon that has just been re-activated… A RENEGADE ARMY When Dragon Island is seized by a brutal terrorist ... Read more

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTyfNSz1bLY&rel=0] Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, the battle to save the world has begun… THE SECRET BASE It is a top-secret base known only as Dragon Island. A long-forgotten relic of the Cold War, it houses a weapon of terrible destructive force, a weapon that has just been re-activated… A RE... Read more