The Ghosts of August

Colonial Series Book 6

Peter Watt

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Pan
04 November 2024

Fiction & Literature; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Historical mysteries; Historical adventure; War & combat fiction; Australian Fiction

It is 1914, and the storm clouds of war are building on the horizon.

In Sydney, Josiah Steele is the new head of the family and grappling with his two very different sons - David, upstanding, decent and heir to the family enterprises; and Benjamin, wayward, restless and a magnet for trouble. To give Ben some responsibility, Josiah sends him on a trade mission straight into the territory of their soon-to-be enemy.

As war erupts across Europe, its repercussions are felt in the Pacific. Ben and David find themselves caught up in the first Australian action of World War I - the fight to take possession of German New Guinea.

But that is only the start. The brothers will see desperate action across Egypt, Palestine and the terrible killing fields of the Western Front, where the years of war, mud and bloody battlegrounds will forever change the Steele family ...

Praise for Peter Watt

'One of Australia's best historical fiction authors' Canberra Weekly

'An adventure reader's delight ... I was breathless as I read' Central Western Daily

By: Peter Watt
Imprint: Pan
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 42mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781761268335
ISBN 10: 1761268333
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 04 November 2024
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Peter Watt has spent time as a soldier, articled clerk, prawn trawler deckhand, builder's labourer, pipe layer, real estate salesman, private investigator, police sergeant, surveyor's chainman and advisor to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. He speaks, reads and writes Vietnamese and Pidgin. He now lives at Maclean on the Clarence River in northern New South Wales. He has volunteered with the Volunteer Rescue Association, Queensland Ambulance Service and currently with the Rural Fire Service. Fishing and the vast open spaces of outback Queensland are his main interests in life. Peter Watt can be contacted at www.peterwatt.com.