Venom: The Heroic Search for Australia's Deadliest Snake by Brendan James Murray

Venom: The Heroic Search for Australia's Deadliest Snake by Brendan James MurrayIn the early years of the 20th century, an awareness was growing among European Australians of an unexpected threat, one that seemed the very embodiment of the dark, ominous power of the Australian bush. To the Indigenous people of the Guugu Yimithirr nation, it was nguman; to the whites it was the taipan, an eight foot, lightning fast venomous snake whose bite meant certain death. Venom is an examination of European settlers' troubled and often

'Claire-Louise Bennett

1 Sunday Times bestseller

A BATTLE FOR THE HEART OF A COUNTRY AT WAR WITH ITSELF

Blood boiling

and compassionate love and care for the dying

Praise for Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian

Scorching hot trouble wrapped up in a drool-worthy package

a supernatural detective thriller distinguished by its adept use of humour

and a thrilling story of love

and that reckons with the inevitable ruptures of independence

including Kakadu

Do your eyes say: 'I like you and I enjoy your company