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Blood in the Dust

Blood in the Dust 1

Winner of a Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing prize

by Bill Swiggs
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/07/2019
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For readers of Wilbur Smith, Jeffrey Archer and Bryce Courtenay, a fast-paced adventure story and the winner of the best unpublished manuscript category of the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.

1853, Victoria, Australia. Five bushrangers led by the murderous outlaw Warrigal Anderson raid a small homestead. When they ride away, nineteen-year-old Toby O'Rourke's life is changed forever. His parents lay dead at his feet and his brother Patrick is badly wounded.

But Toby O'Rourke is made of steel forged in the hardship of colonial life. Forced into adulthood, he and his brother Paddy will seek to restore the family fortunes and outwit not only the rich businessman who conspired to rob them of their birth right, but the vicious men who murdered their parents...

ISBN:
9781838770020
9781838770020
Category:
Historical adventure
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-07-2019
Publisher:
Zaffre
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
400
Bill Swiggs

Bill Swiggs was born and brought up in Western Australia, where he still lives. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force as an aviation firefighter before becoming a police officer, and now works as a firefighter for a defence contractor. Bill divides his time between working, writing, flying and his grandchildren.

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This book strongly evokes the atmosphere of the Australian outback. It is set in mid-nineteenth-century Victoria and follows the story of two brothers, Paddy and Toby, whose parents are murdered by bushrangers. They want to take responsibility for the family homestead but are tricked out of their heritage. They promise to seek revenge on their parents and reclaim their land. Will they be able to?

It is a good story well told, though really unsubtle and pretty predictable in lots of places. It does hold your attention to the end but there really isn’t much interest in character – the goodies are super-good and the baddies are uber-bad. Do we thing that the heroes will overcome the villains? But it was fun to read.

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