Australia’s region comes to the brink of conflictRegional tensions are fed by political instability, neo-fundamentalism and an increasing trade in the tragic commodity of refugees.From the Indonesian archipelago to Papua New Guinea and homeland Australia, the Australian government of Prime Minister Edward Darcy must respond to mounting foreign and domestic threats to defend its national interests. While statesmen and generals ponder and direct, the consequences vis...

At war and at home, Jack Kemp confronts his deepest fears.Melbourne, September 1939. As Australia enters the Second World War, the Metro Magpies play their final match for the season under captain-coach Jack Kemp. This is to be the last occasion many of the team will see each other before they join up. Some depart eagerly for Empire and the next great adventure; others reluctantly accept the inevitability of their involvement. All will be affected by the trauma of war and,...

Paddy Devine has written a dramatic novel about Australians serving across the world during the Second World War. All will be affected by the trauma of war and, in turn, will touch their families at home and others far beyond Australia’s shores. Paddy's years in the Australian Army make his voice utterly authentic.

Australia’s region comes to the brink of conflict. The tensions are fed by political instability, neo-fundamentalism and an increasing trade in the tragic commodity of refugees. From the Indonesian archipelago to Papua New Guinea and homeland Australia, the Australian government of Prime Minister Edward Darcy must respond to mounting foreign and domestic threats to defend its national interests. While statesmen and generals ponder and direct, the consequences visit the anonymous thousands ...

Written by a retired British soldier, Deep Trouble is the first in a trilogy of novels telling the breathless, vivid story of one young recruit's experience of one of the greatest military invasions ever launched.6 June 1944 - Somewhere over the Normandy coastline, Robbie Stokes sits in a glider, his Bren resting on the floor between his outstretched legs. The nose lowers and the glider descends rapidly: ten minutes of stomach-churning twists and turns until suddenly the ca...

Through the winter of 2002/3, as Britain and the United States prepare for war with Iraq, one man above all others is doing his utmost to avoid conflict. Step forward Captain Harry Flashman, a staff officer with the Queen's Royal Hussars and distant descendant of legendary Victorian scoundrel General Sir Harry Flashman, VC. The passing generations have done nothing to fortify his moral fibre. Flashman's journey begins with a posting to Plymouth, home of the Royal Marines, in time to join t...

A biography of the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of the few private soldiers to be honored with the Knights Cross award.An Austrian conscript who qualified as a Wehrmacht machine gunner, Josef "Sepp" Allerberger was drafted to the southern sector of the Russian Front in July 1942. Wounded at Voroshilovsk, he experimented with a Russian sniper-rifle while convalescing and so impressed his superiors with his proficiency that he was retu...

‘an engrossing narrative, beautifully controlled by a master storyteller' Michael McKernan, Sydney Morning HeraldThe bestselling, acclaimed, authoritative account of one of the most famous battles in Australian military history – now established as a classic.For Australians, Kokoda is the iconic battle of World War II, yet few people know just what happened – and just what our troops achieved. In his bestselling book, Peter FitzSimons tell...

On Paths of Ash is an extraordinary Australian World War II story. Robert and Jack Holman were working-class brothers who found themselves in three of the most horrific experiences of the war. They were interned in Changi prisoner-of-war camp, from where they became prison labourers on the infamous Burma Railway. From there they went as slaves to the coalmines of Japan, close enough to Nagasaki to see the mushroom cloud when the atomic bomb was dropped.This is Robert Holma...

Well Past Trouble is the last in the Zero Hour trilogy and sees Robbie and his men's endurance, spirit and bond tested to their limits.March, 1945 - With the Germans in retreat, the Allies begin to look toward the ultimate prize: Berlin. But first they must cross the heavily-defended Rhine into Germany's industrial heartland. In the savage fighting for this crucial gateway, Robbie Stokes and his airborne division must drop into enemy territory and hold off German reinforce...

Double Trouble is the sensational, breathless sequel to Deep Trouble and tells the story of one of the most famous operations of the Second World War: 50,000 airborne troops, nine days of fierce fighting, one bridge too far.September, 1944 - Just three months after D-Day and the Allied invasion is getting bogged down in France. The commanders need a change of tactics. Cue Operation Market Garden - the largest and most audacious airborne raid of the war.Fre...

Born into a working-class family in London in 1919, Victor Gregg enlisted in the Rifle Brigade at nineteen, was sent to the Middle East and saw action in Palestine. Following service in the western desert and at the battle of Alamein, he joined the Parachute Regiment and in September 1944 found himself at the battle of Arnhem. When the paratroopers were forced to withdraw, Gregg was captured. He attempted to escape, but was caught and became a prisoner of war; sentenced to death in Dresden...