Cirrus@Austlit

'Tara had an easy life she knows it, loves it and is grateful for it, till Russ her husband came home from working up North in the Mines, after a spot of being unwell, he decides that being a Grey Nomad is his dream. Tara is not so sure, to leave all her friends, family, home and community but agrees to join him for a little while, the little while becomes months. Tara learns to love being on the road, meeting and greeting so many people. Suddenly the spot of bad health for Russ, becomes fatal. Tara is devastated, now re learning to do it all for herself on and off the road, but she has been given a small taste of freedom that lingers after Russ’s funeral' (publication blurb).

'Tara has wanted to follow her dreams, to be back on the road in the outback once more. Once her family are cared for, Tara drives off into the fine red dust of the Northern Territory, adventure takes over her life, along the way collecting stories of other Grey Nomads she also collects a young Joey, A Kiwi Bloke who wont take no for an answer, Her beloved grandson Jess joins her at last on the road, enjoying each others company, Tara spends a night in jail, her vehicle catches fire leaving her stranded in the desert, meets up with a wandering Ghost, sets up camp with a Quaker family, experiences an underground in Coober Pedy, experiences the beauty of the painted desert, the adventures roll in fast, until one day she knows its time to go home, the billabongs and deserts, the green bush and blackened dead forests of fires long gone, all Vie for her attention, But its home in Perth where her heart belongs' [sic] (publication blurb).

An outback road trip with a difference, where Tara discovers the difference between our world and the supernatural world is only a blink away. Book three of the wandering Nomad Tara, her adventures once again take her on the road adventure, this time as a script writer, suddenly the lime light of success is on her, her moment of fame has arrived, little does she know that the path she now walks will take her into a paranormal realm of the past. Her life is now in turmoil as she treads that tight rope in the realm of shades, to understand she is lead her back to the place called the Town that time forgot, her journey with Wynn a known Witch that resides here. Tara learns about herbs and pigments and aromatic oils that can heal or crucify ones body. Tara also learns of her past from a very very long time ago' (author's website).