Eric Judd is 39 and his girlfriend wants him to give up playing football. Eric (aka Mr Cleansheets) is a goalkeeping legend at his amateur Sydney club because in his youth he received a letter inviting him to trial with Manchester United. The letter said to 'come when you're ready' – and six days before his 40th birthday, Eric is finally ready.<br /> <br />Inspired by the dying wish of his Uncle Jimmy, Eric travels to England, but does not quite receive the...
If God is too indifferent, or too non-existent to take care of His creation, then clearly it's up to Me.'<br />Morgen Tanjenz is a lawyer with an overactive sense of justice. His mission in life is to reward the virtuous, punish the ignorant and avenge those who won't avenge themselves. His favourite pastime is 'life sculpture' – anonymously intervening in the lives of strangers to change their destiny in ways he thinks they deserve.<br />But Morgen...
A Tale of Love and Revenge<br />Set Against History's Bloody Backdrop…<br /> <br />In the year 1060, young Brand Holgarsson's family are wiped out in a Viking raid arranged by Brand's treacherous uncle Malgard. Malgard is named thegn of the town of Stybbor in East Anglia while Brand is made outlaw and hunted through the woods by Malgard's men, determined to extinguish the last possible claim to Malgard's thegnship.<br /> <br />Aided by a...
In 2023, Australia reversed its closed border policy and said to the world:<br /> ‘Welcome! You are free to come to Australia, but you must spend the first seven years in the Temporary Citizenship Zone around the Ord River.’<br /><br /> Seven years later, Ord City is a teeming Asian metropolis with 2.5 million people preparing for the First Wave – the first tranche of refugees gaining full citizenship – on Australia Day 2030. But mainstream Australia is passionately divided...
