A breathtaking story of disaster, courage and passion and that Top End spirit that never says die.JOURNEY TO AUSTRALIAWhen Henrietta Southern trades war-torn England for Australia’s Northern Territory, with its crocodile-infested rivers and red wilderness, she embarks on a new life on her husband, Spitfire pilot Terence Galloway’s cattle station, six months after the bombing of Darwin.BROTHERS IN ARMSTheir sons, Malcolm and Kit, grow up in this rugged land, must soon face their own trials in the jungles of Vietnam, shaped by the harsh yet beautiful world around them.MYSTERY AND MUTINYTangled in the Galloway’s story is the enigma of a Dutch East Indies treasure ship which foundered off Western Australia in 1629, its legacy of mutiny and murder rippling through time to touch their lives in unforeseen and dramatic ways.A SAGA OF SURVIVALFrom the blazing inferno that was Darwin on 19 February 1942 to the devastation of Cyclone Tracy, from the red desert to the tropical shore, Territory is a mile-a-minute read from one of Australia’s best loved writers.———————-‘Mistress of the ripping yarn.’ SUN-HERALD’500 pages of perfect reading.’ AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S WEEKLY’Perfect summer reading.’ SYDNEY MORNING HERALD’A master of what she does.’ WEEKLY TIMES’A stunning blockbuster.’ WOMAN’S DAY’A prolific writer of bestsellers.’ THE AGE
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