G. S. Willmott

PTSD has been documented throughout history since man first began clubbing each other with rocks. Our understanding of this debilitation has only increased or become more visible in our digital age. In the past it was seen as a source of shame and embarrassment, not just for those suffering PTSD, but also their families and loved ones. The dark ages are gone we hope. We now strive to understand the effects of war on the minds of our men, women and families.<br /> <br />Garry...

This book is about war, yet it&apos;s not a novel about enemies fighting to the death or examining the strategies of battles. This novel is about young boys some as young as eight, fighting, killing and being killed.<br /> <br />The first six chapters follow the lives of two normal happy teenagers attending school, playing sport and learning about girls. This creates a comparative scenario highlighting the difference between a modern teenager and the boys that carry guns and fight in...

This is an extraordinary story, one which provides insights into the dualities of human nature, especially against a background of war. We are confronted with the potential within all of us for both heroism and cowardice, honesty and deception, altruism and greed; there is, in the intensity of war-time, a heightened awareness of moral dilemmas, choices between good and evil which have eternally confronted humankind.<br /> <br />Weaving an intriguing narrative, the author confronts...

&quot;Colour Blind tells the story of two wars affecting Australia a hundred years ago: World War I that everyone knows about, and the lesser known one, the battles that past generations of Aboriginal Australians faced. Not the British Invasion, but the struggle more than a century later when Aboriginal men who were willing to serve alongside non-Aboriginal Australians, their mates, were not seen as worthy of doing so. And the battle for ordinary citizen rights – such as joining the local...

This sequence of authentic and audacious war-time escapes keeps the reader spell-bound from start to finish. Garry Willmott has unearthed a series of escapes which would be the envy of Houdini. From the chilling history of escapes from Colditz, escapes from comparatively humane British POW camps and from a Prisoner-of-War camp in Australia, these are all carefully selected to enthral us with the ingenuity and brazen boldness of the escapees. Each story is totally unique and each forms a contrast...

&quot;Global Warming is a complex thriller with Garry Willmott&apos;s trademark mix of fact, fiction and projection. From the death of one man, pilot Ericson, the story builds to a tsunami of blackmail, terrorism, compromise and revenge… and that&apos;s before the Russian mafia gets in on the act!If you&apos;ve enjoyed Garry&apos;s other novels, you&apos;ll love Global Warming. Just hold on to your hats and watch out for AK47s.&quot;– Sally Odgers, author. &quot;Garry...

Grand Deceptions is a historical novel centred predominantly around Melbourne and Ballarat in Victoria Australia. England, Scotland and San Marino also play a part of this captivating story. The timeline begins in the 1850s and ends in the 1960s. Three well to do young men immigrate to Victoria; their reasons are all different but their ambitions are the same – make their fortune in the antipodes. The circumstances that drove their futures were deception. Two of the three men became victims of...

In a series of four books based on war, each with a different focus, G.S. Willmott has extensively researched war &apos;histories&apos; and from them, has created &apos;his stories&apos;.<br /> <br />This, the fourth and most compelling, recreates a multitude of experiences of the young men caught up in the frenzy and futility of World War 1.<br /> <br />Sex and death, eternal themes, bind together these individual stories; the shared experiences of love and death are the...

&apos;Garry Willmott asked me to be a preview reader of Serendipity: A Gallipoli Love Story. Having read five of his previous books I agreed immediately. I thought I would read it in a month however once I began reading I couldn&apos;t put it down, I completed the manuscript in two days. The story begins in Tasmania and follows the main character to Gallipoli and onto his life in Turkey and beyond. I recommend this book to anybody who enjoys an absorbing story based on historical fact.&apos; –...

Yet another great read from Garry Willmott. Small Farm Warriors is filled with lives and stories of men who contributed, in a special way, to the Australia we all know today. From the war-torn streets of France to emus in the Outback, from Kokoda to sheep farms – Garry tells us how these fellas fought and then worked to create a life for themselves and their new families. In some cases, this appears not to have worked so well and in others … well, where would we be without their efforts on the...

&quot;Another great &apos;read-all-in-one-go&apos; book from natural-born storyteller Garry Willmott. Soul Survivor picks up the story of Lara, last remaining survivor of the Doherty family. The last sentence in Survival reads &apos;The Dohertys had survived the war, the POW camps and the Titanic. Now they were all gone, except for Lara.&apos;<br /> <br />Masterful storyteller Garry Willmott takes the reader on a wild ride through the orphaned Lara&apos;s life from her childhood...

A compelling read, this is the story of one family&apos;s journey through wars, tragedies and triumphs. A story of love, family, unity and resilience. Another great story from Australian author G. S. Willmott. Very difficult to put this one down.&apos; – Christine<br /> <br />&apos;Historical thriller of how one family beat the odds to survive WWI and WWII… The ending leaves the reader astonished.&apos; – David<br /> <br />&apos;A masterful book written in the...

This story deserves to be told. Garry Willmott creates graphic and quite horrifying insights into unseen and &apos;unsung&apos; aspects of World War 1, where so many Australian, Canadian, British, New Zealander, American and French soldiers were slaughtered and still, today, lie uninterred in forgotten furrows of French fields.<br /> <br />The author tells this story in a simple direct style which has an immediate impact. Garry Willmott&apos;s ancestors are among those who lost their...