James Field: 17 books

'What on Earth' is a collection of fascinating, intricate and fun sci-fi mysteries abundant in twists and turns. Here, all twelve short stories in James Field's popular 'Cloud Brother' series are assembled in one engrossing book–plus four extra tales. Enjoy!

Alf, Bert, and Professor Maurice Masterson are minor characters from the 'Cloud Brothers' series. Nonetheless, their lives are so interesting that I feel compelled to recount their exploits. Every so often, between the Cloud Brother's major adventures, I plan to release a free short story. Here's...

Caution: if you suffer from elevator phobia, do not read!Granddad treats his family to a sea-side vacation. He'd stayed at the same hotel when he was ten years old. Next week it's being demolished...

On his way home from work, Frank, a warm-hearted accountant, witnesses a man jump in front of a Tube train. The shocking suicide leaves Frank distraught, but the next day, he sees the same man again, alive and in a wretched state. Determined to solve the mystery, Frank investigates, only to watch his own world fall apart.

A diary is handed in to the police as lost property. The pages are filled out ten days into the future, terminating with the prediction of Professor Maurice Masterson's death. As the days pass, and each day's account comes true, Chief Inspector Dobbs is forced to swallow his scepticism and prevent the inevitable.

‘Are you telling us,’ said John, finding it hard to control himself, ‘that you have a brother out there, flying around in a homemade spacecraft tied together with bits of wire mesh and tape, and that these all powerful aliens can’t harm him in any way?’‘Precisely!’The wheel was...

Alf and Bert, security, play with an experimental gadget that transports them back to the twelfth century. Frightened to tamper with history, they tread carefully–at first. Unable to withstand the challenge, they end in a tournament, fighting with knights, the threat to history forgotten…

Is it possible that Florence, living isolated from the world, is well over a hundred years old and still retains her youth? Or is she a ghost? Professor Maurice Masterson investigates. His conclusion astonishes everyone.

Unknown to all but a brave few, invading aliens have been defeated and sent home with a bloody nose. Unknown to everyone, the revengeful aliens left two booby traps.When triggered, one trap will melt the polar ice caps, causing the sea level to rise seventy meters. The other trap has already removed...

Alan, an alien with extraordinary mental powers, has lived among us since the 1940s. Thankfully, Alan likes earthlings. Which is fortunate, because the Mantis are back in a savage plague of ravenous destruction, hell bent on destroying Earth once and for all. Alan joins forces with the Cloud brothers...

Sean meets Penelope, a zany woman with whom he instantly clicks. She confides in him that she has suffered an abusive relationship in her past at the hands of her ex-husband, who orchestrated a ‘Gaslighting’ campaign against her. Gaslighting, Sean discovers, is a means by which an abuser is able...

Alf and Bert, the mansion's security guards, have never been beaten. A cunning pair of con artists have never failed. The security guards have a few tricks up their sleeves, but the con artists fight dirty.

Alf, Bert, and Professor Maurice Masterson are minor characters from the 'Cloud Brothers' series. Nonetheless, their lives are so interesting that I feel compelled to recount their exploits. Every so often, between the Cloud Brother's major adventures, I plan to release a free short story. Here's...

Alf, Bert, and Professor Maurice Masterson are minor characters from the 'Cloud Brothers' series. Nonetheless, their lives are so interesting that I feel compelled to recount their exploits. Every so often, between the Cloud Brother's major adventures, I plan to release a free short story. Here's...