Cirrus@Austlit

A novel about an Englishman, called Warrimoo by Indigenous Australians, who sets out to prove himself fit for entry into the Secret Service by living and hunting with Indigenous Australians.

'Confusion sets in at the beginning because Miss Patchett has given minimal background information about the British Secret Service, the setting and the time. Suddenly, brave Jeff is on his way to Africa in the company of an old SS friend to complete the "dangerous assignment." The two supermen struggle with glant squids, live through a wild earthquake, and trundle back to England, having rescued an English lady and her daughter from the odd fictitious kingdom.'

Source: Kirkus (https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-elwyn-patchett-2/dangerous-assignment/). (Sighted: 2/12/2014)

Dr Curtis Barnett and his son Bruce set out on an expedition to Australia to investigate sightings of the Queensland marsupial tiger, a supposedly extinct mammal.