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Peter Watt
Confronting, graphic and erotic, this is riveting novel of Australia’s brutal past from master storyteller Peter Watt. It is the tale of two families, the Macintoshes and the Duffy’s, who…
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After an unexplained moment of surveillance by an alien intelligence no further contact has been made for twenty-five years. But all this is about to change. For a man hiding…
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In more than 50 unpredictable essays and revenge fantasies, a Hugo Award-winning author, former marine biologist, and angry sentient tumor is the savage dystopian optimist whom people can’t look away…
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Animae Mundi Dialogues With Earth is probably best described as a Book of Shadows. It's a memoir of sorts complete with poetry, dreams, visions, and metaphysical experiences. It's also part…
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As a war correspondent covering the Second World War, Ilsa Stahl isn’t afraid to be on the front line. But when her plane goes down in a terrible storm over…
It is 1918, a year when the War will end, but an even greater killer will arise.On the bloody fields of the Western Front and the battle - scarred desert…
Lachlan, John and Phoebe MacDonald, three young children tragically separated after the massacre at the Ballarat goldfields, try to make their way in a world filled with poverty and war…
It is the turn of the 20th century - an era of tumultuous change. What is it that draws Tung Chi, a former Shaolin priest in the service of the…
In 1918, after the Great War, two Australian soldiers join the British army to help fight the Bolshevik forces in northern Russia. Almost a century later, two bodies are unearthed…
‘They had all forgotten the curse… Except one… Until it touched them. I will tell you of those times when the whitefella touched the clouds and lightning came down on…
In 1916, the Duffys and Macintoshes are entangled in the horrors of World War I. From the deserts of the Middle East to the trenches of Europe, the hand of…
On a Yankee clipper bound for Sydney Harbour the mysterious Michael O'Flynn is watched closely by a man working undercover for Her Majesty’s government. O'Flynn has a dangerous mission to…
No - one is left untouched by the dreadful curse which haunts two families, inextricably linking them together in love, death and revenge. Captain Patrick Duffy is a man divided…
By popular demand, master storyteller Peter Watt returns to this much - loved series following on from the bestselling Cry of the Curlew, Shadow of the Osprey and Flight of…
Two men, sworn enemies, come face to face on the battlefields of France. When Jack Kelly, a captain in the Australian army, shows compassion towards his prisoner Paul Mann, a…
A new war, a new generation and an old enemy meet in this thrilling and poignant novel of love, loss and hope written by the bestselling author of Papua. Jack…
Against the backdrop of impending war and the rise of the Nazi Party, the epic saga of the Macintosh and Duffy families continues. It’s 1936. While Europe is starting to…
In the latest instalment of the Duffy and Macintosh saga, the inimitable Peter Watt delves into more of Australia’s great history through the lense of two unforgettable dynasties. It is…
By popular demand, master storyteller Peter Watt returns to this much-loved series following on from the bestselling Cry of the Curlew, Shadow of the Osprey and Flight of the Eagle.
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In 1914, the storm clouds of war are gathering. Matthew Duffy and his cousin Alexander Macintosh are sent by Colonel Patrick Duffy to conduct reconnaissance on German-controlled New Guinea. Alexander’s…
From Far North Queensland’s Palmer River goldfields to London, Afghanistan and Germany, The Colonial’s Son is the thrilling follow-up to Peter Watt’s Colonial Series. Danger, passion and bravery in nineteenth-century…
From the battlefields of Sudan to colonial Sydney and the Queensland outback, a dreadful curse still inextricably links the lives of the Macintoshes and Duffys. Captain Patrick Duffy and Queensland…
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In the war across the seas, the Duffys and the Macintoshes are on the same side. But on home turf, the battle between these two dynasties rages on… After fighting…
A century-old curse comes full circle… For a hundred years they have never forgiven, never forgotten. Now, the war between the Duffy and Macintosh dynasties will be brought to its…
Sometimes the fate to which you are destined is not your own…
From Persia to India, The second instalment of a brand new series from Peter Watt author of the beloved Duffy and Macintosh saga.
As the Allied forces fight to repel invaders in the Pacific, the Duffy and Macintosh clans face their greatest challenges at home. Sergeant Jessica Duffy relishes her work as a…
From India to America and New Zealand, The Queen’s Captain is the thrilling third and final instalment in the Colonial series by bestselling author Peter Watt. In October 1863, Ian…
Confronting, graphic and erotic, Cry of the Curlew is a riveting novel of Australia’s brutal past from master storyteller Peter Watt. It is the tale of two families, the Macintoshes…
Read Peter Watt’s latest instalment of the Frontier series, ahead of the epic conclusion From the Stars Above (November 2017).
Lachlan, John and Phoebe MacDonald, three young children tragically separated after the massacre at the Ballarat goldfields, try to make their way in a world filled with poverty and war.John…
It is 1918, a year when war will end, but an even greater killer arises. On the bloody fields of the Western Front and the battle-scarred desert plains of the…
It is 1885. After a decade spent fighting for Queen and Country across the globe, Colonel Ian Steele is enjoying the quiet life in the colony of New South Wales…
An unprecedented insight into the effect of drugs on life, politics and popular culture that’s comprehensive and fantastical, informative and hallucinatory all at once, through one of the most comprehensive…
As a war correspondent, Ilsa Stahl isn’t afraid to be on the front line. But when her plane goes down and she is taken prisoner by the Japanese, she has…
When civilization needs someone to run generating stations three kilometres below the surface of the Pacific, it seeks out a special sort of person for its Rifters program. It recruits…
She believed in the mission with all her heart. But that was sixty million years ago. How do you stage a mutiny when you’re only awake one day in a…
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In October 1863, Ian Steele, having taken on the identity of Captain Samuel Forbes, is fighting the Pashtun on the north-west frontier in…
The epic Frontier saga continues.
From India to America and New Zealand, The Queen’s Captain is the thrilling third and final instalment in the Colonial series by bestselling author Peter Watt.
Danger, passion and bravery in nineteenth-century Australia, Europe and onto the battlefi eld of Kandahar.
As the son of ‘the Colonial’, legendary Queen’s Captain Ian Steele, Josiah Steele has big…
As the son of ‘the Colonial’, legendary Queen’s Captain Ian Steele, Josiah Steele dreams of one day leaving his home in New South Wales to be a commissioned officer in…
