Publisher's Synopsis
Martin Brodrick, a quietly spoken but physically strong young university student whose main interests were sport and playing the piano, was enjoying a holiday with his best mate, Dave, on Dave's family's farm in tropical north Queensland, when he was devastated by the news of his father's unexpected death.
Graduating from his university course, he was plunged into uncertainty about his future, and convinced Dave to accompany him on a voyage to England as a contrast from study and, hopefully, relief from lingering grief.
At sea, his immediate dining companion was a distinguished elderly American scientist whose professional career stretched from the famous wartime Manhattan Project to the present day. The old man's amazing expertise had been in continuing demand which in turn provided him with access to and involvement in the most modern cutting edge and hence politically sensitive science. The combination of the old professor's fascinating revelations and Martin's attraction to his accompanying granddaughter diverted his attention from a simple European holiday to what became a compulsive and potentially dangerous international investigation. His new-found secret knowledge came to the attention of the national leaders of both the United States and Australia, as well as to unknown enemies who were determined to silence Martin at all costs.
Martin's obsession led him to the United States, Bermuda, South Africa and eventually back home to Australia where he was forced to defend himself using lethal force in the familiar bush he had grown to love.
