On the Java Ridge
Author: Serong, Jock
ISBN: 9781925603804
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The page-turning political thriller shortlisted for the 2018 Indie Awards
On the Java Ridge, skipper Isi Natoli and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored off the Indonesian island of Dana. In the Canberra office of Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity, a federal election looms and a hardline new policy on asylum-seekers is being rolled out.
Not far from Dana, the Takalar is having engine trouble. Among the passengers on board fleeing from persecution are Roya and her mother, and Roya's unborn sister. The storm now closing in on the Takalar and the Java Ridge will mean catastrophe for them all.
'Taut and impressive.' Sydney Morning Herald
'You won't be able to put it down.' SA Weekend
'Cements Serong's place as one of Australia's most innovative and ambitious crime writers.' NZ Listener
ISBN: 9781925603804
Publisher: Text Publishing
Year First Published: 2018
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 25mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
The page-turning political thriller shortlisted for the 2018 Indie Awards
On the Java Ridge, skipper Isi Natoli and a group of Australian surf tourists are anchored off the Indonesian island of Dana. In the Canberra office of Cassius Calvert, Minister for Border Integrity, a federal election looms and a hardline new policy on asylum-seekers is being rolled out.
Not far from Dana, the Takalar is having engine trouble. Among the passengers on board fleeing from persecution are Roya and her mother, and Roya's unborn sister. The storm now closing in on the Takalar and the Java Ridge will mean catastrophe for them all.
'Taut and impressive.' Sydney Morning Herald
'You won't be able to put it down.' SA Weekend
'Cements Serong's place as one of Australia's most innovative and ambitious crime writers.' NZ Listener
