Cirrus@Austlit

'Two ghosts. A Roman Legionnaire. The last of The Others. Cori’s family. Her world.
They’re all she cares about. All she needs. And they’re all in danger if they take this chance to escape. The Roman’s endless planning and waiting has come to this moment. Under the abandoned fortress is a gateway out of the island’s purgatory. Where it leads, they have no idea.

'To have to be hidden and protected so profoundly, it must be vital. It is.
What they find astounds them, and what’s been happening there for countless millennia – appalling. All of it, everything, just to sustain and entertain a twisted few. Her group will do all they can to stop it.

'It will cost them.'  (Publication summary)

'Cori, and her only companion, a ghost, live in a secluded valley by the ocean but the time has come for them to travel beyond protecting cliffs – where they’ll find danger, alien wonders and who Cori really is… Their journey reach a place of legend has them come face to face with ancient enemy.'

source: Publisher's blurb.

'To a quiet life has come something truly extraordinary. Jared's seen the Lights since he was a child. Every night for a few minutes at ten pm a strange beacon would shine high up in the darkened factory opposite his tiny house. He ventured there one fateful night, and there he found the spectral creatures. Since then they've taken him to fantastical places, far away from the grey monotony of his life and the darkness of his past. All he's ever cared about is keeping the secret intact and leading a quiet life of anonymity. But it's a lonely, introspective existence that's always eaten away at him. When change comes to the factory, he finally finds another that he comes to trust and then share his secrets. But in the shadow of Amelia's arrival is one that already knows everything, and has intentions that are both dark and vicious. An ancient ritual is then taken to another time.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Nobody can tell Jeremy anything: what it's made of, how old it is or who created it. All he knows is that thirty years ago his father found a relic near a prehistoric river bed in a desolate region of northern New South Wales. Since then Jeremy has carried the tiny object in a clasp around his neck, and spent his life trying to find a way to finance a search into its origins. That time has finally come. Under a complex guise he secures the resources, and Jeremy entrusts the secret to a gifted friend. He and Marc begin a journey that uncovers the answers to his questions, and others beyond imagining revealing at the core of the mystery the ancient, and surviving, ancestors of humanity. But what happened to these people and what caused their downfall remains a mystery. Now, for the first time, there is a chance to find out, and it will take them all far beyond their most fanciful and fearful dreams.' (Backcover)

'A story of mythic scope, unique characters, ancient landscapes and a deep spiritual mystique. In a remote district, mountainous and quietly isolated, lingering hints harbour an echo of events long past. Abigail, young but uninspired by the blandness of her modern life, finds herself fascinated by Alex, a mysterious figure lost more than a century earlier. A figure that a sinister conspiracy would rather see remain a mystery. Through growing peril she traces the enigma to its source, and finds the secrets are greater than she could ever have imagined - and vastly more important. As her old world collapses, Abigail takes part in an extraordinary new destiny, and discovers one final chance to erase the lingering chaos caused by an unthinkable catastrophe. But in the shadows, a force of ancient evil waits...

Within Fallen Liight is a story of mythic scope, unique characters, ancient landscapes and a deep spiritual mystique.' (Publisher's blurb)