Frank Graves is an author and film producer raised in South Africa and great grandson of Sir Thomas Maclear named as one of the foremost royal astronomers at the Cape of Good Hope. He is also distantly related to Robert Graves the renowned writer and poet who was a large inspiration for Frank to eventually take up writing. Robert Graves encouraged Frank to start writing with several correspondence letters and stories while still a boy at school. His first published novel was in 1989 was a fictional political thriller named African Chess (Now revamped, updated and was republished in March 2014). African Chess is loosely based on his South African upbringing and the then apartheid system in place before Nelson Mandela's release from prison or his subsequent death.His next major work published by Marshall Cavendish in 1992 was an epic 832 page "The Ancestral Trail" was 'split' into two sections of 26 issues each, making a total of 52 issues, all contained consecutive page and issue numbers. The first half, published fortnightly throughout 1993, takes place within a mythological 'Ancestral World' that describes a boy's struggle to fight evil and restore these worlds. After the initial international run that sold many millions of copies worldwide, the second half of that series was then created and published in 1994 taking place in the totally different 'Cyber Dimension World' all about the same boy's attempt to find a way back to his own world. After a 20 year break from writing nothing, in 2014 once again took up the cudgel and wrote and published five epic novels and intends trying to replicate that achievement in 2015.THE ANCESTRAL TRAIL TRILOGY (Young Adult) Myths, Magic & Monsters Graves is once again busily updating and re-writing the full "Ancestral Trail Trilogy" in the form of three major novels each being approx. same in size. In January 2014, the first section covering a journey through an 'Ancient World' within "The Ancestral Trail Trilogy" named "Long Ago & Far Away" in a 350 page major novel that was published January 2014. The second continuing section of the trilogy covers within a 'Cyber World' published by early November 2014 and the third section of the trilogy, covering our 'Present World' will be published early in 2015. (See the Ancestral Trail website at http://www.theancestraltrail.com for further detail on each novel and also the YouTube Video promotion)The following three Fictional Novels all have a similar underlying themes namely Large Businesses Ventures, Conspiracy and Corruption being involved.AFRICAN CHESS (Adult Fiction) Conspiracy, Commodities & CorruptionAfrican Chess by Frank Graves is a newly updated and revamped conspiracy, adventure thriller of the originally published version in 1990. Recent events in South Africa such as Nelson Mandela's Death, Oscar Pistorius's Trial, Shrien Dewani's Extradition for Murder, 16,259 Murders in 2013/14 and Epidemic Corruption have all helped to heighten attention and draw in a lot of focus on that country.African Chess - The Story - Michael and Robert born at exactly same time and place at a remote hotel in one of South Africa's most beautiful regions are treated as equals until they grow up. Robert demands equality and falls foul of the dreaded South African police when he joins the African National Congress (ANC) as a freedom fighter. Both flee to England to escape and at Oxford Robert finds more racism. When the security chief Dirk tries to kill them, Robert is helped by his white brother Michael and beautiful cousin Sharon. Their family business empire gives him certain protection. He learns to wheel and deal on London's commodity markets and uses this financial strength to fight back at the apartheid system. African Chess is relentless suspense, with move upon counter move until final checkmate.THE CULLING (Adult Fiction) Earthquakes, Tsunamis to curb over-population The Culling novel is his third published work during 2014 and the story is that Western Governments use scientific evidence that within a few years, their world faces disaster from uncontrolled population explosion; especially by burgeoning third-world countries probably creating extra desert regions to ruin the industrialised world. No government could openly admit that it intends killing tens of millions of unwanted people worldwide. A number of major international conglomerates collectively called "The Affiliation" are secretly enlisted by the UN to conceal this man-made earthquake programme without any awkward questions being raised... It is a human survival war!The Newest Work is The Kixing published in June 2014THE KIXING (Adult Fiction) Illegal Kixing, Boxing & Company Take-oversUsing hardened trained human fighters with lightweight gladitorial designer armour, these very private illegal bouts are always held amid sumptuous black-tie dinner events especially laid on for theextremely rich and titled. In every vicious contest, the loser always being smashed to a pulp, critically maimed or better still and mercifully ...killed in full view of the sophisticated audience and is known as "THE KIXING". The reason for protection of this sport is the massive illegal gambling side with ensuing high stakes. There are never any other winners in commerce or sport when the conglomerate chairman promotes his beloved Kixing fights.A major conglomerate attempts a hostile take-over of a small family firm using dirty methods including professional and underhanded industrial espionage mothods. However, the large group meets their match as the owners of the small firm being Mafia connected resists the attempt. The chairman of the major group is also a well known boxing promoter, who when acquiring a bookmaking business using similar type tactics creates total undoing of his business empire.The YouTube version is on the Ancestral Trail Website at http://www.theancestraltrail.comALSO:- See interview with Frank Graves, here is the linkhttp://dkcreaderscorner.wordpress.com/interview-w-frank-graves/