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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 The Referendum Series
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y separately published work icon Forgotten People Richard Evans , Australia : 852 Press , 2020 22602231 2020 single work novel thriller

'She wants her culture and country back. First Nations have never ceded sovereignty, and she will do whatever it takes to get it back, including sacrificing her life. When government peace talks stop, the revolution begins.

'Should a government be forced to negotiate a sovereignty treaty with Australian First Nations, ending years of discrimination and disrespect, or will it defeat the revolutionaries fighting for justice in this gripping Australian political thriller?

'Revolutionary leader, Nellie Millergoorra, campaigns for an Aboriginal homeland to preserve Indigenous culture and advocates the prohibition of mining in Arnhem Land using a United Nations declaration to convince a disrespectful government to sign a treaty. 

'Nellie will do whatever it takes to end government regulation over her people. When there is no agreement, she recruits South African mercenary special forces to inflame community disorder establishing a revolutionary movement. 

'Using high-tech intervention, the mercenaries control the national energy grid instigating violent anarchy and chaos on the streets with their covert intent to embezzle money when security systems are disabled. 

'A contemptuous government is forced to the negotiation table to agree on a peace agreement and end the mounting hostile revolution. Millergoorra wants more and demands sovereignty for First Nations, proclaiming a partitioned homeland is non-negotiable. 

'In an extraordinary confrontation with a reluctant prime minister, threatened with an ultimatum he can’t ignore, Millergoorra negotiates a treaty whilst facing her own battle for survival.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon The Kill Bill Richard Evans , Australia : 852 Press , 2021 22602045 2021 single work novel thriller

'He’s the nation’s chief law maker. His daughter is fighting for her life in intensive care, a victim of a terrible crime. Will he ignore the prime minister’s demands and his own laws to save her? Or will politics and the Catholic Church prevent him from doing his job?

'A political thriller that pits moral ethics against political pragmatism in a suspenseful and gripping story exposing the mysterious world of politics.

'Treasurer, Parker Osborne, initiates a covert plan, in partnership with Vatican emissary, Cardinal Rosseau, to guarantee proposed euthanasia legislation is destined for failure in the national parliament triggering a leadership challenge.

'Leadership rival and Attorney General, Charles Stevedore, witnessed his wife suffer a prolonged death and agrees to prepare euthanasia legislation for the prime minister. He is forced to question his politics when his daughter is brutally attacked and left for dead, now surviving on life-support. Will he switch off the machines… or not?

'Cardinal Rosseau captivated by the ferociousness of Australian politics plans his own coup d'état whilst Osborne counts his numbers and prepares to take high office knowing his elevation to prime minister will witness the crucial end of euthanasia legislation.

'In a surprising development, the prime minister makes a decision which changes everything.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

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y separately published work icon The Mallee Richard Evans , Williamstown : 852 Press , 2022 25449434 2022 single work novel thriller 'A streetwise opportunist escapes despair and abuse in the big city by seeking opportunities in the mallee. She changes her name but not her attitude when she discovers wealth and privilege ripe for the taking from the influential Dowerin family of the mallee. A crack appears in her perfect world when the mallee agonises over prolonged drought. Farmers question her influence on water policy and concede they need a more dynamic politician to represent them in Canberra.' (Publication summary)

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