Openland

Price: $29.95

by Michael Liddy

From the faintest of hints an extraordinary journey begins... A uniquely Australian epic of speculative fiction.

 

An ancient mystery sends two old friends on an incredible journey through outback Australia, across the vastness of space, and into the buried secrets of the Earth’s past.

Thirty years ago, Jeremy’s father discovered an incredible artifact near a prehistoric river bed in a desolate region of northern New South Wales. But nobody can tell him anything about it – not what it’s made of, nor how old it is, nor who made it. Now, having received a research grant, he can finally start trying to unravel the mystery for himself.

Jeremy seeks and gains the assistance of his old university friend, Marc. Together, they start along an unexpected path that leads them to Western Australia, where they discover a lost, amnesiac woman – Taicalli – with more than her fair share of secrets. Pursued by indignant military aboard Taicalli’s spaceship, Jeremy and Marc embark upon a journey into the vast unknown, more challenging and applicable than either of them can imagine.

For the traumatic history of Taicalli’s people could provide the secrets to the origin of the human race, and in facing her enemies, they could find their own most unimaginable gifts.