Brendan Murray Brendan Murray i(A66184 works by) (a.k.a. Brendan John Murray)
Born: Established: 1959 ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Jail Road Shadows Brendan Murray , Fremantle : Vivid Publishing , 2017 13437409 2017 single work novel young adult

'It’s 1964 and only weeks since the last man hanged in Western Australia but there are already demons stepping up to cast their shadows in the state’s port city. Billy (Bam) McCallum becomes a target for one of these predators after a gut-wrenching encounter that stirs his summer and of those closest to him in his tight community. He soon learns that staying alive is all about staying alert.' (Publication summary)

1 Doull's Gold Sam Pang , Brendan Murray , 2016 single work prose
— Appears in: From the Outer : Footy Like You've Never Heard It 2016;
1 Next Brendan Murray , 2015 single work short story
— Appears in: No Tea Tomorrow : Twenty-seven Award-winning Stories from the Stringybark Short Story Awards 2015;
1 y separately published work icon Beyond the Gloaming Brendan Murray , Alberta : Assent Publishing , 2014 9328908 2014 single work novel fantasy

'It is Easter, 1973 and twelve year old Sebastian Duffy has some serious self-esteem issues. He is beaten by his parents, bullied at school, steals from his friends and still mourning the death of his brother. To cap it all, strange things have begun happening around him and he is finding it hard to distinguish dreams from reality. After a nightmarish assault, he wakes in the Gloaming, a shadow world inhabited by ghosts. There to greet him is Porrig, a creature from Hibercadia, a magical realm crafted from Celtic dreams. Inhabited by Fir Bolg, Tuath and Milesians, it has been overthrown by brother gods from another dreamworld. One brother, Phobitor, is a tyrant and even the Tuath, who took to their underground sidhe millennia ago, are concerned. Sebastian discovers that he alone can save Hibercadia by finding an enchanted spear. Teaming up with the Hibernauts-a mercurial sorceress, an orphaned druidess, a taciturn warrior, a snuff-sniffing leprechaun and a lovelorn poet-he embarks on a fantastical quest, but can he succeed when he is yet to find his magical potential or even his courage, and half the realm is bent on his destruction?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 3 y separately published work icon Tev on Home Turf Brendan Murray , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2004 Z1159327 2004 single work novel young adult
1 5 y separately published work icon Tev Brendan Murray , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2002 Z940461 2002 single work novel young adult
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