'"No Home for Us" by Meryl Stenhouse is about a woman, Makeda, and her female crew, surviving in a violent gangland world of modern day pirates, smugglers and warlords. She's tough and can fight but she's not superhuman and she makes mistakes, especially when she is supposed to deliver a mysterious man with magical markings carved into his forehead to a warlord.'
Source: Review on Tangent (http://www.tangentonline.com/e-market-monthly-reviewsmenu-265/aurealis-sf/2570-aurealis-76-november-2014). (Sighted: 3/3/2015)
'"The Long Shadow" by Melanie Rees shows what it is like to live in rural Australia during a long and devastating drought. The main character is Jam, short for Jamieson, and she sees shadows that reveal the true nature of people. They show the feelings of Jam and her mother in her daily struggle to keep the farm going while her husband is unconscious in hospital..
Source: Review on Tangent (http://www.tangentonline.com/e-market-monthly-reviewsmenu-265/aurealis-sf/2570-aurealis-76-november-2014). (Sighted: 3/3/2015)
