KUNDELA: The Pointing Bone - Softcover

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KUNDELA is the name of a pointing bone used by a Kadaicha Man to exact tribal justice.Drought has ravaged outback Australia for seven years and few farmers have held on, Joe Gillespie is one of them. Cash reserves are low and now people are stealing his cattle. After a weekend in Orroroo, Joe and Laura arrive to find their homestead trashed. A biker insignia drawn with human excrement gives a clue to the vandals' identity. Their machinery sheds and out buildings look like a scene from an apocalyptic war movie.Joe wants revenge, Laura needs to manage his anger and temper her own.The phones are down and the couple need to travel back to Orroroo to make a police report. Before they leave Joe sees tracks leading away from the farm and driven by anger, the Gillespie's track the bikers to a traditional camping spot in the Horseshoe. A natural range formation east of the Flinders Ranges it only has one way in or out.A contingent of about thirty men, loud and boozy are sprawled on the sandy creek bed. The fire has died to coals and a blackened tripod holds a camp oven it tells Joe that the group have been settled in for a few days.An ASIO operative in a former life, Joe takes in every inch of the camp, looking for any vulnerability in the biker's defenses. However seeing a naked girl hogtied to a Harley as the gang's plaything fuels Laura's protective instincts and when she sees how the group have taken turns at her. Laura tells Joe she will not leave the girl, they carryout a daring rescue.In Adelaide, the police have botched the charges against the bikers and looking for a scapegoat attempt to charge Joe with malicious damage. His service background provides immunity.The Adnyamanthanha (Aboriginal name meaning Rock People) use tradition methods to help Joe and Laura, A kadaitchi man is seen in Port Augusta and aboriginal women have gathered in a circle to sing Joe's attackers to death. Packed with action, adventure and romance, Kundela is a page turning read. A story to keep the reader entertained with feats of daring and mysterious justice of the local aborigines.

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