About
the Book
Title:
Blood Gold Revenge
Author:
Dave Wright
Genre:
Thriller
“A
lot of things have happened up this way over the years. There’s got
to be at least six missing person’s that I have heard of.”
There
is gold in the vastness of the Australian outback, and a special
breed of men who prospect for it. Tim is bush-hardened and skilled;
the love for this harsh country comes naturally. His prospecting
partner John shares Tim’s love of the freedom, but times have
changed. A new breed of prospector has reason to appreciate the
desolate isolation of the bush — but it is not gold he is after.
The country’s biggest meth lab is doing well, and its owner, Mr C.
does not appreciate passers-by.
The
cattle on the Hatchet River Station homestead have not been mustered
for the past ten years. The brutish Maxine, her husband Scrubber, and
her brother Price have agreed to run interference for Mr C.; after
all, they have always enjoyed killing the odd lone prospector when
they had the chance.
But
they make a mistake, and the solitary prospector they pick off one
day was not alone as they thought. There are witnesses to the crime
this time, and they want justice for their friend. Tired of the
Hatchet River trio’s murdering ways, intimidation and threats, and
suspecting local police corruption, Tim, Jack and Sam call in the
state authorities.
A
massive search begins; the hunters become the hunted, the innocent
pay for the crimes of the guilty and the good guys don’t always
win. But the net does tighten. The well-camouflaged drug lab explode
in flames and the blood of many, good and bad, soak into the parched
land in a spectacular finale. It is not the authorities who bring
justice to Hatchet River, however, but a band of indomitable bushies,
who have never learned to say die.
Author
Bio
The author resides
in sunny North Queensland, mostly raised in the outback with
schooling done via correspondence. Finishing off grade 10 at age 15
in Redcliffe before starting work in the remote gold mines of
Northern Australia 34 years ago. To this day the author has barely
pick up a novel or put pen to paper before starting on this book.
In real life when time permits he still rides the hills prospecting
for gold with his mates and is currently part way through writing the
sequel.
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