AustLit

'A humorous take on the origins of the Trojan War, Five Ways to Start a War tells the story from the differing perspectives of five key figures. The stories interweave to paint a colourful picture of meddling deities, confused mortals, conniving kings, and a bed-hopping prince terrified of losing his royal member to divine vengeance. Helen attempts to avoid the inevitable catastrophe, yet finds that vain goddesses don’t often accept no for an answer' (Michael Goldsmith, Vilutheril).

'Etienne, son of a lord in the kingdom of Armorique, goes to train as a knight with Geraint of Lucanne. Geraint is brave and kind, a good teacher and master - but he has a secret that he has kept from his family. He is bisclavret, a born werewolf. When Geraint is betrayed, Etienne must ally with the local wise-woman and her daughter, themselves bisclavret, to save his lord. But time is running out. If Geraint's enemies have their way, Geraint will soon be trapped in his wolf form.

'And Etienne has his own secret. The decisions he makes will change his life forever . ..

'Inspired by a medieval romance, this engaging novel forces us to question everything we thought we knew about werewolves.' (From the publisher's website.)

'A Melbourne high school student invites her vampire penpal over – as an email attachment. Alas, vampirism is a virus' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.49).