Hippopotamus

Stephen Fry- Hippopotamus

( Pretensions of divine healing )

Skink - No Surrender

Carl Hiaasen- Skink - No Surrender

( Skink saves the girl )

Virtual History

Niall Ferguson - Virtual History

Niall Ferguson is an American historian.

These are not stories placed in worlds of alternate history but scholarly essays about possibilities.

( Counterfactuals of more serious kind )

Driving Mr Albert

Michael Paterniti - Driving Mr Albert

Michael Paterniti is American journalist.
( He had to get a road book - using the plane would have been too fast )

Jackal: Secret Wars of Carlos the Jackal

John Follain – Jackal: Secret Wars of Carlos the Jackal

( Life of a wannabe revolutionary and womanizer )