Bøger af Brett Wright

In January 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army invaded New Guinea, landing on the northern coastal areas of this harsh, remote country. This book recounts the desperate efforts of missionaries, along with groups of downed allied airmen, ANGAU (Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit), officials and members of the 39th militia Battalion, to escape the invading Japanese army. Following each groups harrowing story as they made their way through the energy sapping heat of the Papuan jungle, skirmished with Japanese troops, grappled with the, at times dubious, loyalties of the Papuans they encountered, and tried to survive. Lines of Escape also details the incredible mission undertaken by Australian forces to cripple the Japanese air base at Salamaua.

Ethan Garrick is living an idyllic life in Cairns, Australia, with his wife Julie.He is content in his new role with the Australian Federal Police however on a sporting trip to Canberra he is approached my the mysterious ASIO officer, Myles Petterson, who blackmails Ethan, forcing him to leave behind his happy life and return to the steamy jungles of Papua new Guinea with a specialist team to discover once and for all what is really happening to the people of West Papua.The team enlist the help of a father and son team of Papuan's to convey them up the mighty Sepik River towards West Papua however things quickly go wrong when they encounter District Native Affairs Offi cer Solomon Amian on the muddy banks of the Sepik at Bowami Mission, forcing the team from their carefully laid plans and setting them on a collision course with the corrupt Kekuatan Company, jungle battles, death and revenge.The Jungle Deep is the sequel to Paradise.

...then there was an ear splitting screech of the planes metal skin tearing against something solid and a bone jarring impact, then nothing.Four strangers set out on a journey into central West Papua New Guinea, planning to go their seperate ways once the small plane lands.However things rarely go to plan in the steamy PNG jungle anf the men are soon thrown into a life and death struggle where they find beauty and peace alongside brutal violence and danger. They must put aside their differences if they have any hope to survive...

The Ultimate Price details incidents in which Police Officers have lost their lives on duty in Australia. From the first recorded death of Police officer, Constable Joseph LURKER who was murdered in Sydney in 1803, cut down by a criminal wielding a cutlass, the book follows the growing State and Federal Police Forces and the events where the officers have been killed in the execution of their duty.The author recreates the feeling of the incidents by putting the reader there, at the location, be it the sticky heat of the tropical north, the dry winds of Central West NSW or the bone aching cold of Tasmania, the author paints a picture so the reader can see and almost feel what his happening.The incidents vary from stabbings, shootings, vehicle accidents, drownings, suicides along with many more violent, terrifying and in some cases mysterious deaths.The public are grateful for the work their Police Force do, but how many of them are aware of the terrible dangers those officers face every time they show up for work. The Ultimate Price shows the reader the realities faced by their Police every day.