For Gabriel, the end cannot come soon enough. Dying a lonely, slow and painful death, his conscious moments are haunted by memories of his isolated childhood in an unforgiving country town and the mistake he made as a child that destroyed his life. He is also haunted by his boyhood friend, Finnigan, a rakish and dangerous figure who brought their sleepy town to its knees and turned citizen against citizen with a malicious arson campaign. The only two things that have brought pleasure to Gabriel during his wretched life are Evangeline – the vivacious local girl for whom he harbours an intense and secret desire, and Surrender, the feisty mongrel his father allowed him to adopt in a moment of weakness. But even these are destroyed by the manipulative and possessive Finnigan, determined to bring Gabriel down even on his deathbed. A tense and unnerving drama, Surrender will have you hooked until its surprising conclusion.

Kate O’Mara is from Readings Carlton