The Invaders - Softcover

Wilkinson, Rick

 
9780648697084: The Invaders
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0648697088 ISBN 13: 9780648697084
Verlag: Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

A novel by a geologist-turned-journalist which interweaves three eras of an Australian oil drilling location with issues about conservation and aboriginal land rights. In 1839 a British explorer, Stokes, finds oily sludge in water wells on the banks of the Victoria river. In 1942 wartime corporal Ash believes a German-born missionary is collaborating with Japanese invasion plans. Aided by an Aboriginal tracker Gabriel, Ash stalks, determined to find out the truth... In 1987 after a drilling rig accident geologist Brad meets hospital nurse Karen, the missionary’s granddaughter and Karen introduces Brad to Ash, now their guardian. In a turn of events, Brad also meets Gabriel, now a land rights activist. The drilling programme is suspended in the wake of the world stock market crash. Brad, guided by Ash, takes Karen to look for Stokes’ water wells and the mission ruins. Brad and Karen are unaware Ash has his own plan… Gabriel also knows more than Brad and Karen could anticipate...

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Rick Wilkinson is an award-winning Australian geologist turned journalist/author who has covered the energy resources industry for international magazines and newspapers from London and Melbourne for the past 50 years. Wilkinson has 16 published books, nine depicting the history of Australia's petroleum and resources industries. Five other books (non-fiction and fiction) were written for children. He has also written a natural history book about the critically endangered Lord Howe Island stick insect and a travel/history book about the Bellarine Peninsula where he lives southwest of Melbourne in Victoria.

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Verlag
Brolga Publishing Pty Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0648697088
ISBN 13 
9780648697084
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
352
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