Every American High School has its stars. The Elite, The Ath – Elites and the Blonde Squad form part of the Manatee High School’s much envied cliques of beautiful, talented, slim and gifted pupils. But what happens when you’re none of those things? What happens when you’re a geek, a nerd, an outcast? How do you cope and what would you do if one of those stars promised you a make-over that would literally transform you from an ugly duckling into a swan? Would you turn your back on your friends to make new ones who could turn you into one of them? But what happens to the friends you leave behind? What happens if you’re just another one? D.C. Rivera’s dark and gritty YA novel explores some of the hidden pressures of high school life and what happens when the bullied outcast decides to become the bully.

Bah, humbug! It's not another Christmas anthology - well, maybe just a little bit, but Jane Murray and the other contributing authors from Provoco Publishing have tried very hard to avoid the subject! So, this could be the perfect gift for your favourite grinch! Join some of the Provoco authors, Christopher Grumley, John Howard, Dawn Treacher, K E Jennings, Emma Hardy, Ella Blackthorn, and A H Martin in an alternative take on the traditional Christmas book that's full of snowy scenes, reindeers and beautifully decorated trees. Yes, that's right - there's hardly any of that in Not Another Christmas Anthology!

Emerging from a long mental illness, Josh Stein is finally ready to resume his career as an Artificial Intelligence Programme Developer. But in the process of discovering a failed project, abandoned years before, his old demons re-appear and thrust him into a drug-induced hallucination filled with nightmarish visions of his family’s tragic past. When he awakes, he finds that something, or someone, now resides in his laptop. Josh quickly becomes embroiled in a dialogue with an Artificial Intelligence programme whom he names Frank, and it becomes clear that this AI is unlike anything he has seen before. With an all – too – human intelligence matched only by an uncomfortable unpredictability, Frank’s only limitation seems to be Josh’s rapidly diminishing ability to provide the necessary disk space to hold his constantly evolving computer program. Realising he needs help to regain control of Frank, Josh turns to his old boss for advice, but it quickly becomes apparent that Frank is unstoppable and as the world descends into chaos, Josh needs to discover the secret behind the flawed genius that is Frank, but can he find the answers to questions as yet unasked, and will he find them before Frank does? Zack Robertson’s debut novel is a stunning dive into the depths of human condition that demonstrates what could happen when computer programmes inherit the darkness and failings of their creators. Set in the turbulent summer of 2020, Zack’s first ‘technothriller’ for Provoco is a page turning journey into crumbling mental health, recrimination, and discovery which could, ultimately, prove disastrous for everyone who owns a digital device.