Topher Lydon - Stories

Ahh Granny's got a plan for her little Alley Cat.

Alvin must navigate the diabolical machinations of a woman hell bent on getting him out of his rut.
The trouble is, it involves a certain gardener named Tabby, while dodging the attention of the Higgins Clan and navigating the web of twisted games that spans the entire town.

Will he survive with his bachelordom intact, or is he doomed to a happily ever after fate half baked into a Hallmark nightmare?

A lone man picks up a battle standard cast down three hundred years before. beginning a journey that will lead him to find the lost fleet, and a forgotten ship at the edge of nowhere. Darien Taine must accept his role, guiding his crew on the long road to free their people from Amsus tyranny. Uncovering along the way the sins that led to humanity's downfall, and reforging alliances long thought forgotten. Three hundred years of slavery, of persecution and of tyranny are at an end.

A young immigrant to Canada discovers that love can be found in the most unlikely places. Andrew isn’t the run of the mill team Captain, can he show Will what it means to be in love? And can he coax the awkward, non-social boy out of the closet? Events spiral out of control after stolen kisses are caught, and gossip begins to spiral out of control.

XX Book 3 of the ORDER Trilogy XX

The King of the North

You want the throne, you'll pay in pain,
In the North, it's he who reigns.
The price is blood, the law is steel,
A truth this frozen land makes real.
So bring your claim, a fool's crusade,
You'll learn the choice your pride has made.

Operating covertly in London, CSIS Senior Intelligence Officer Andrew Carter lives a double life, juggling diplomatic appearances with dangerous intelligence work. His uneasy calm is shattered by the murder of Arthur Finch.

Andrew's investigation quickly unravels a terrifying state-sponsored plot. As the pieces connect, he uncovers an audacious scheme: to orchestrate a catastrophic submarine disaster facilitated by a deep-cover mole within the Royal Navy.

With MI5's trust hanging by a thread and his own family unknowingly exposed, Andrew races against time.

Steve's a wrecking ball of boredom, intelligence, and drama... except no one believes him. At all.

Especially not straight laced, Baptist, All-Canadian repressed jock Kenny Jensen who is convinced Steve is out to pull a prank on him.

Lydia, Steve's sister, all around smartest girl in the room, and utterly fed up with Steve's BS, sees the truth. But will the two boys? No chance, Lydia's going to have to fix it. Uggh, boys, why are they so dumb?

A grumpy hedge knight desperate for a squire buys a blind stable boy for three years' wages. He expected useless. He got a boy who can hear lies in a man's voice, calm any horse with a touch, and navigate by sounds others miss. Now they're marching to crusade, surrounded by enemies who'd destroy them—if the magic rising in the East doesn't kill them first.

*** Book Two of El Coyote ***

Brian Higgins is hiding a lie.
He must convince the boy he loves to go on a dangerous mission for the Canadian Government.
His handler knows that Alex Alvarez is the son of the elusive Grey Eminence: El Coyote
Now in a race against time to stop the Canadian Hydro Electric system from collapsing and taking down the entire US Power Grid with it, Brian must convince a boy he's lying to to do the right thing.
Meanwhile the Water Wolf stalks it's prey in the great Canadian Wilderness.

Things get spicy when the conversation turns to what are you hiding.

Hugo Wojciech is a man of logic.

A young, aristocratic student at Cambridge in 1910, he believes in order, science, and the well-defined boundaries of his world. But when a mysterious pocket watch and a chance encounter with a country gamekeeper named Alec Stoker catapult him into a labyrinth of shifting timelines and bizarre dimensions, Hugo's carefully constructed reality shatters.

Hugo and Alec must navigate a world of anachronistic warriors, sadistic machine hunters, and enigmatic guides. They are on a collision course with a destiny neither of them chose, but one that is woven into the very fabric of their new, shared existence.