Cirrus@Austlit

'Nobody really knows what fate awaits us when we die. Things might be quite different to what we've been led to believe or come to expect.

'Seventeen-year-old Andy wants so badly to know what happens when he dies that he can't wait to die from natural causes to find out. With help from his mate Wombat he arranges to have a near-death-experience in the local pool. But things don't work out as planned and Andy embarks on the longest journey of all.

'Andy's journey into the After-life explodes a few myths and gives the reader a glimpse of what it could really be like.' (Publication summary)

'This is the story about a shameful part of Australia’s history, as seen through the diary of a fictional teenage girl called Rainbird.

'Rainbird, in her simple but evocative style, tells how her father, who died under mysterious circumstances, had been a secret volunteer in a highly confidential undertaking by the Menzies Government in the 1950s.

'Rainbird’s elder brother, Archer, embarks on a mission to reveal the truth, and in so doing, discovers a massive government cover-up. His quest to find the truth and gain compensation for the people who have suffered and lost their lives, is met by intimidation, bloodshed and murder.' (Publisher's blurb)