Books published by Rose Siva

Josh and his father, Steve, go to Lightning Ridge, an outback opal mining town in Australia, in the hope of making a fortune mining opals. All does not go to plan when there is a catastrophic event in the mine they enter. Steve, searching for help for Josh, comes across a team who are working to retrieve extremely rare and precious opalised dinosaur bones. Lightning Ridge is the only place in the world where these precious artefacts are found.  They are not the only people who would like to recover such a valuable fossil, and in the dead of night Josh unwittingly becomes involved in a robbery attempt.  Will they foil the robbers? Will the opalised bone be safe?

Josh travels to Antarctica with his father, Steve, to attempt to retrieve dinosaur bones recently discovered in a melting glacial cave. His previous experience exploring outback Queensland with his Grandfather on a hunt for dinosaur bones, and his involvement with a dinosaur dig in South Australia, convinces the scientific team leader he would be a useful addition to the team. Besides which Steve's skills are very much needed to ensure the expedition is a success, and he refuses to go without his son.Landing on the Antarctic ice in a small aeroplane is just the start of the adventure. The pressure is on to retrieve the bones as the weather closes in, and an accident on the ice almost spells disaster for the team.However, with the help of a Russian helicopter pilot they manage what seems to be impossible and load the bones onto a supply vessel, only to get trapped in a sea of ice. Will they be successful?