After their adventures on the excavations of Kara Tepe in Iran and Ayios Petros in Cyprus Rosalind Bernaud has persuaded Philip Trevasco to come to her uncle’s property in the Australian Outback. His archaeological expertise is needed to solve the riddle of her grandfather’s death. Philip’s faces raw bush life to understand what is special about Nardoo Spring and the nearby Bluff. The secrets of Aboriginal lore and ancient Gondwanaland connect in this third adventure. Can Philip survive the modern and primeval forces ranged against him, and still keep the love of his Australian beauty?
About the author
Chris has written much of this book from personal experience. Born in Stafford, England, he studied Archaeology and Fine Art at Edinburgh University. During the 1970s Chris worked on excavations in Italy, Cyprus, Turkey and Iran. His last excavation was at old Kandahar in Afghanistan, just before the Russian invasion. It is this excavation life that he has reworked into historical fiction.
Chris discovered Australia after Kandahar, and moved there in 1978. Since then he has taught Ancient History, English and Philosophy in Brisbane. Along the way he completed post graduate diplomas in Russian (Strathclyde university in Glasgow), Teaching (London university) and a degree in Journalism (QUT in Brisbane).
He has always thought of life as an adventure. So his gaining a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, and a stint of hang gliding, would come as no surprise. Life is so rich that one needs several lifetimes to catch a part of it. How does one limit oneself to one interest, one existence, when there is so much out there for the next challenge?
`Kara Tepe’, and `Ayios Petros’, drew on experiences in Iran and Cyprus. `Nardoo’, the third in the series, reflects his fascination with the Australian bush.
After raising two sons, their greatest adventure, he and his wife now live in the hills north of Brisbane.