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Scenarios For Practice & Reflection
What would you do?
Emergency Medical Scenarios drop you into the mess, pressure, and split-second decisions of real prehospital care. Created for ambulance clinicians, educators, and students, these case-based challenges test your thinking, not just your memory. Reflect, learn, adapt — and use them solo or in team-based teaching.
So You’ve Written Something?
Navigating the Journey from Manuscript to Marketplace
Your Journey Starts Here
Finding Clarity Amidst Chaos
At Phaedra’s Books, we recognize that the path to becoming a published author is rarely straightforward. Whether you’ve just finished your first draft or are knee-deep in revisions, this is the time to embrace your creative journey. We are here to support you as you transform your raw ideas into a polished manuscript, helping you navigate the ups and downs of the writing process.
Crafting Your Unique Narrative
A Safe Space for Feedback
Once you've put pen to paper, the next step is to ensure your voice resonates with readers. Phaedra’s Books offers workshops and feedback sessions tailored for aspiring authors. Here, in a supportive environment, you can share your work, receive constructive criticism, and refine your narrative until it shines. Every word matters, and we’re here to help you find the right ones.
From Manuscript to Market
Planning for the Future
As you approach the final stages of your manuscript, it’s important to think ahead. How do you want to share your story with the world? We guide authors through the sometimes overwhelming process of publishing options, marketing strategies, and networking opportunities. Let us help you transition from the quiet space of writing to the vibrant world of readership.
Stories from the forge - Current work in progress and awaiting final manuscripts. Here's a taste
Spock:“The written word is not merely a record of language—it is the architecture of civilisation. Without it, memory falters, history vanishes, and reason cannot replicate. Unlike fleeting speech, writing endures beyond the moment, allowing generations to accumulate knowledge, reflect, and evolve. In essence, it is the most logical means by which a society preserves itself.”
McCoy:“Well, Spock, if you’re done sermonisin’ like a Vulcan librarian—some of us just think a good story can save your damn life. I’ve seen men hold onto scraps of letters in their pockets like they were gold. Stories give folks hope, even when logic checks out. That’s not science, that’s survival.”
Spock (with one eyebrow raised):" A typically emotional response. However… not without merit.”
Martin ORoyan is a writer and storyteller whose work blends the everyday with the mythical, the heartfelt with the surreal. Whether chronicling lost love, time travellers, or cloud-tigers on football quests, his stories carry warmth, wit, and a deep human truth. Drawing inspiration from South London life, folklore, and family, Martin’s writing speaks to dreamers of all ages. Below is a little something about upcoming titles currently in the works—from magical adventures to gritty dramas and speculative futures…
Under The Crown
Under the Crown is a sweeping, character-driven trilogy set in a fractured future where memory can be manufactured and legacy is a weapon. At its core are women shaped by war, technology, and betrayal, navigating a world that demands obedience while they chase truth, love, and freedom. Across three volumes, the story spans generations, following rebels, replicants, and reluctant heirs as they confront the systems that made them and the lies they were raised to protect. In the ruins of the Realm and the shadow of the Crown, they discover that the only thing more powerful than memory is the choice to begin again.
ISBN: Obtained
XHb
XHb is a dark, mythic novel that threads historical trauma, speculative biology, and fierce female legacy through generations of hidden lives. From wartime Poland to modern-day London, it follows descendants of an ancient bloodline known as XHb — beings mistaken for monsters but marked by resilience, empathy, and terrifying power. Through shifting timelines and intimate revelations, the story uncovers a buried evolutionary truth, where memory is stored in the body, love is encoded in instinct, and survival demands secrecy, sacrifice, and sometimes violence. Beneath the horror and hunger lies a question older than myth: what does it mean to be more than human — and still love like one?
ISBN: Obtained
Proper Charlie
Proper Charlie is a time-twisting, identity-bending story of Charlie, a working-class young man from a repressive future, who wakes up in the body of Godfrey Wallis — a posh military officer in early 20th-century London. As Charlie struggles to navigate smoky pubs, polite society, and the sheer weirdness of pre-digital life, he discovers he’s not the only one slipping through time. Meanwhile, Godfrey — now trapped in Charlie’s hairy, baffling body in a dystopian future — tries to survive among rationed tech, protein-laced water, and street slang. Their two lives spiral into chaos, comedy, and the occasional existential crisis, as they hunt for a way home — or maybe just a reason to stay.
ISBN: Obtained
So Said Sadie
So Said Sadie: Set against the dusty rails and bayous of post-Reconstruction America, So Said Sadie follows Sadie Green—tattooed, tough, and tired of doing as she’s told—as she carves her path through grief, music, and vengeance. From a haunted girlhood in Iowa to the blood-stained backroads of the South, Sadie’s journey is part frontier ballad, part revenge odyssey, part love story in slow bloom. Along the way, she makes music with Obie, evades monsters in and out of uniform, and becomes the fierce matriarch of a new generation—Abigail and Obadiah—each carrying her fire forward. It’s a story of what survives when homes burn down: a mother’s courage, a sister’s promise, and the echo of a single, defiant note.
ISBN: Obtained
Taking Heart
Taking Heart is the story of Del, a teenager in Peckham caught in the gravity of violence, fear, and emotional shutdown. As his reality distorts and pressure mounts, Del walks the same streets but sees a different world—paranoia creeping in, meaning slipping away. Is it the onset of something deeper—something undiagnosed—or just the result of a life lived too close to the edge? With the ghost of his grandfather’s wisdom echoing in his head, Del stands at a crossroads: will he find the strength to reach out, or is he too far gone to be reached?
ISBN: Obtained
Sky Tiger
Sky Tiger is a whimsical, heartwarming tale set between the clouds of the Second Heaven and the high-rises of South London. Migwa, a football-obsessed celestial tiger, accidentally loses his prized glowing cloud-ball to Earth—specifically to a curious boy named Milo Shaw, who lives on the twelfth floor of a tower block. With the help of the mischievous Monkey King and the boisterous Pigsy, Migwa must break ancient rules, disguise himself, and journey to the human world to retrieve it. But what begins as a quest for a lost ball becomes an adventure of unexpected friendship, courage, and a bit of magic in unlikely places.
ISBN: Obtained
Fear Drops
FearDrops (Designated Driver)
Stu just wanted to get his friends to the next party in one piece. It was 1995, the pills were cheap, the roads were long, and nobody had slept in days. One Little Chef, two dodgy flyers, and a fast car with tinted windows later, and things start to unravel. People go missing. Time skips. And Stu—clean, sober, always behind the wheel—can’t shake the feeling that something’s watching them. Not the law. Not the dealers. Something worse.
ISBN: Obtained
Harvey Drama
Harvey Drama is a surreal coming-of-age story about an awkward Southern teenager who’s always tried to stay invisible—until he accidentally derails the apocalypse. After a clumsy first love, a school mishap involving science and fire, and a tragic car accident, Harvey finds himself dead, disoriented, and face-to-face with two bickering angels sent to end the world. Realising no one’s willing to stand up for humanity—not even heaven—Harvey steps up, not as a chosen one, but as a nobody with nothing to lose. Blending teen misadventure with celestial satire, Harvey Drama is a funny, heartfelt tale about self-worth, sacrifice, and what it means to matter.
ISBN: Obtained
Proper Charlie
Proper Charlie is a time-twisting, identity-bending story of Charlie, a working-class young man from a repressive future, who wakes up in the body of Godfrey Wallis — a posh military officer in early 20th-century London. As Charlie struggles to navigate smoky pubs, polite society, and the sheer weirdness of pre-digital life, he discovers he’s not the only one slipping through time. Meanwhile, Godfrey — now trapped in Charlie’s hairy, baffling body in a dystopian future — tries to survive among rationed tech, protein-laced water, and street slang. Their two lives spiral into chaos, comedy, and the occasional existential crisis, as they hunt for a way home — or maybe just a reason to stay.
ISBN: Obtained