‘Heart-stopping action, impossible to put down. An absolute cracker. Ayliffe’s best yet.’ CHRIS HAMMER

‘A taut, urgent page-turner … fiction built on a terrifying and confronting reality.’ MICHAEL BRISSENDEN

‘A cracking read! With a terrifically paced plot and a wild cast of characters, it grabs you from the first sentence and doesn’t let go. I gobbled it up in one sitting!’ PATRICIA WOLF

‘In Ayliffe’s broken world, the bad guys look like the good and the good must masquerade as the bad. A gritty, propulsive thriller that hits frighteningly close to home.’ SIANG LU, winner of the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award

‘With unforgettable characters and a simmering plot, Ayliffe takes us on a hell-ride through the forgotten towns of Australia’s Badlands.’ CANDICE FOX

‘A helter-skelter road trip that starts fast and never lets up. Vintage Ayliffe – tense, tight, and strung with issues that confront today’s world.’ MATTHEW SPENCER

‘It feels ripped from the headlines, with the signature insight that is Tim Ayliffe’s calling card. A cracking, politically-savvy thriller from Australia’s master of the art.’ HAYLEY SCRIVENOR, internationally bestselling author of Dirt Town and Girl Falling

‘When ideology and fanaticism collide with buried family secrets, loyalty is tested to its breaking point – a gripping exploration of love, betrayal, and the cost of conviction.’ JACK BEAUMONT, former spy and author of The Frenchman