Adrian Deans

eBook, ePUB

Welcome to Ord City (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

All refugees welcome in Australia! In 2023, Australia reversed its closed border policy and said to the world: '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.' 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 over Ord City, not least because of the risk of letting in terrorists, and dark political forces are bubbling to the surface. Agent Conan Tooley is sent up to Ord City to look into a routine gangland murder, but finds himself frustrated and confused by the questions that arise at every step. As the days to the First Wave count down, Conan encounters any number of people throwing up obstacles, including The Army of God (a Christian charity active in Ord City); a carload of young people travelling to Ord City for the Illumination Festival the night before the First Wave; and Asif, a deep cell terrorist with a deadly mission. There is also the Shadow Group - mysterious figures who seem to be pulling strings at high levels to achieve some hidden purpose. As the various subplots wind towards the explosive conclusion, the motives and values of all are profoundly challenged. Welcome to Ord City is a satirical crime thriller set against the backdrop of Australia's refugee policy and the malleable populism that characterises the Lucky Country in the C21.

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Autor

A lawyer by day, ADRIAN DEANS has been writing seriously since 1992 developing something of a reputation in the niche field of offbeat crime. Making his debut in 2010, his first two books were popular enough to make it into the airport bookstores.In 2017, he expanded his range with the publication of The Fighting Man - an historical novel reinterpreting the Bayeux Tapestry and culminating with the Battle of Hastings. That book featured also a subtle foray into "the hidden world" - the main romantic interest being a druid, giving the story the ambience (if not the reality) of magic.Welcome to Ord City (2020) extended his range yet again but it is Asparagus Grass in which Adrian finally gives full vent to his speculative fiction soul."You might say everything I've done has had an aspect of spec fiction to it. My first books were technically crime, with a splash of surrealism here and there, but the trajectory has always been towards spec fiction and sci-fi. If I were to describe my own approach and style, I would say that I focus on the oddities and imperfections that others seem to miss. I write about the extraordinary within the ordinary, the strange illogicality of accepted norms and the life that happens between the cracks."Adrian is an occasional contributor to Newswrite - the Writing NSW magazine and blogs at The Book Hammer where he rants about his various obsessions du jour, including books, films, theatre and people in public life who really piss him off. He is also involved with The Kones - a secret musical project, which he's not allowed to talk about.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Adrian Deans
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780648848318
• Artikelnr.: 59932482