Two men, sworn enemies, come face to face on the battlefields of France.When Jack Kelly, a captain in the Australian army, shows compassion towards his prisoner Paul Mann, a brave and high-ranking German officer, an unexpected bond is formed. But neither could imagine how their pasts and futures would become inextricably linked by one place: Papua.The Great War is finally over and both soldiers return to their once familiar lives, only to find that in their absences events have changed their respective worlds forever. In Sydney Jack is suddenly alone with a son he does not know and a future filled with uncertainty, while the photograph of a beautiful German woman he has never met fills his thoughts. Meanwhile the Germany that Paul had fought for is vanishing under the influence of an ambitious young man named Adolph Hitler, and he fears for the future of his family. A new beginning beckons them both in a beautiful but dangerous land where rivers of gold are as legendary as the fearless, cannibalistic tribes, and where fortunes can be made and lost as quickly as a life. Papua.A compelling novel where love, loyalty and the strength of family must stand against greed and treachery in a tropical paradise.

Papua (1) (Papua Trilogy)

Literature & Fiction

Watt, Peter

Genre Fiction

Pan Macmillan/Australia

The fourth novel in the compelling Duffy and Macintosh series."The home grown version of Wilbur Smith" The Sunday AgeWhen Major Patrick Duffy's beautiful wife Catherine leaves him for another, he is propelled out of the Sydney Macintosh home and into yet another bloody war. However the battlefields of Africa, fighting the Boers, bring him in contact with one he thought long dead and lost to him.Back in Australia, the mysterious Michael O'Flynn mentors Patrick's youngest son, Alex, and takes him on a journey to the Queensland property, Glen View. But will the terrible curse that has inextricably linked the Duffys and Macintoshes for generations ensure that no true happiness can ever come to them?Through the dawn of a new century in a now federated nation, To Chase the Storm charts an explosive tale of love and loss, from South Africa to Palestine, from Townsville to the green hills of Ireland.PRAISE FOR THE SERIES"A rousing and revealing yarn" Weekend Australian"the historical detail brings the ... 19th century to rip-roaring life" The Australian"Watt's fans love his work for its history, adventure and storytelling" Brisbane News

To Chase the Storm (4) (Frontier)

"the home grown version of Wilbur Smith" The Sunday AgeIn 1916, the Duffys and Macintoshes are entangled in the horrors of World War I. From the deserts of the Middle East to the trenches of Europe, the hand of death is always present. But even those left behind are not safe, for the most dangerous of enemies is not the Germans or the Turks, but someone much closer to home...To Ride the Wind continues the story begun in To Touch the Clouds, following Peter Watt's much-loved characters as they fight to survive one of the most devastating conflicts in history - and each other.PRAISE FOR THE SERIES"A rousing and revealing yarn" Weekend Australian"the historical detail brings the ... 19th century to rip-roaring life" The Australian"Watt's fans love his work for its history, adventure and storytelling" Brisbane News

To Ride the Wind (6) (Frontier)

A new war, a new generation and an old enemy meet in this thrilling and poignant novel of love, loss and hope written by the bestselling author of Papua. Jack Kelly and Paul Mann are like brothers; the two old wartime enemies have been through blood and fire and must now face their greatest challenge. When the Japanese threaten to invade the Pacific they know that they must do everything in their power to protect their country, and their loved ones, from an ambitious and merciless enemy.Their sons, Lukas Kelly and Karl Mann, have inherited their fathers&#39; brave and passionate natures, and are determined to do their part to support the Australian cause–romantic entanglements for the two young men raise the stakes even further.Four incredible men, with ties closer than blood, fight to hold on to love, friendship and a world that is gradually disappearing.\nFrom the Author\nPeter Watt has spent time as a soldier, articled clerk, prawn trawler deckhand, builder's labourer, pipe layer, real estate salesman, private investigator, police sergeant and advisor to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. He has lived and worked with Aborigines, Islanders, Vietnamese and Papua New Guineans and he speaks, reads and writes Vietnamese and Pidgin. Good friends, fine fishing and the vast open spaces of outback Queensland are his main interests in life.

Eden (2) (Papua Trilogy)

The Silent Frontier

The Stone Dragon

In 1918, after the Great War, two Australian soldiers join the British army to help fight the Bolshevik forces in northern Russia. Almost a century later, two bodies are unearthed in the small Australian country town of Valley View.Following the Armistice, Sergeant Joshua Larkin is sent on a special mission deep into enemy territory in Russia. But when he is ordered to do the unthinkable, he must flee across Europe in order to protect a young woman, Maria, whose family has been executed. With Maria's life under threat from all sides due to her imperial connections, nowhere is safe.Decades later, the discovery of the two skeletons in Valley View poses problems for local policeman Morgan McLean. Who are the victims and why were they killed? Could the rumours of an heir to the Russian throne be true? And what explosive secret is Britain's MI6 desperate to keep hidden by any means necessary?Past and present collide in The Frozen Circle, and the fate of two people unleashes a volatile series of events that could reshape the world."Australia's answer to Wilbur Smith" (Herald Sun)\nFrom the Author\nPeter Watt has spent time as a soldier, articled clerk, prawn trawler deckhand, builder's labourer, pipe layer, real estate salesman, private investigator, police sergeant and advisor to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. He has lived and worked with Aborigines, Islanders, Vietnamese and Papua New Guineans, and he speaks, reads and writes Vietnamese and Pidgin. He now lives in northern New South Wales.

The Frozen Circle

Cry of the Curlew

The story of two feuding families - the Mackintoshes, wealthy Scottish landowners, and the Duffys, poor Irish labourers, and their attempts to tame the wilds of Northern Australia.

Contemporary

Corgi

Shadow of the Osprey

Ranging from the boardrooms and backstreets of Sydney to the wilds of Queensland and hazardous waters of the Coral Sea, Shadow of the Osprey tells the story of two feuding families. The Mackintoshes are wealthy Scottish landowners, while the Duffys are poor Irish labourers.

Transworld Publishers

Flight of the Eagle

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