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y separately published work icon Desolation Game single work   novel   horror  
Alternative title: Wolf Creek : Desolation Game; Desolation Game : Wolf Creek Book 2
Is part of Wolf Creek Greg McLean , Aaron Sterns , 2014 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Desolation Game
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'When sharpshooter and killer Mick Taylor searches for a place to keep a low profile, he finds somewhere where his peculiar talents are appreciated: a war. And in Vietnam, an out-of-control sergeant takes the amateur murderer and turns him into a pro.

'Back home, Mick makes use of the sick lessons the army taught him, when hapless tour operators bring a Kombi-load of sightseers out his way into the Western Australian desert. Two suspicious flat tyres deliver an engaged Japanese couple, a father and son, a US army vet and his girlfriend, and a couple of cute girls to Mick's lair. Middle of nowhere, population one. The group finds themselves in hell, as Mick makes sure their once-in-a-lifetime tour stays that way. And though one of the drivers escapes and goes for help, Mick sees no reason to stop the killing spree.

'In the second Wolf Creek novel, the cult film's writer and director Greg McLean gets to the heart of Australian horror's most terrifying psycho killer. Is Mick Taylor possessed by some dark power in the landscape itself? Something ancient? Does the Red Centre demand blood?' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin Books , 2014 .
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      Extent: 1vp.
      Note/s:
      • Published 2 January 2014

        Available as an ebook

      ISBN: 1742537685, 9781742537689

Works about this Work

Killer Return for Two Characters Fran Metcalf , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 January 2014; (p. 20)

— Review of Origin Aaron Sterns , Greg McLean , 2014 single work novel ; Desolation Game Greg McLean , Brett McBean , 2014 single work novel
Killer Return for Two Characters Fran Metcalf , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 January 2014; (p. 20)

— Review of Origin Aaron Sterns , Greg McLean , 2014 single work novel ; Desolation Game Greg McLean , Brett McBean , 2014 single work novel
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