Publisher's Synopsis
TEN DESTINATIONS, TEN STORIES: An angry courier, a broken radio, a new geo-location app and an enigmatic hiker unite to transform a humdrum parcel delivery day into a sparkling, occasionally terrifying, though ultimately uplifting journey that connect ten tales of comedy, tragedy, obsession, disaster and the supernatural across a time span from contemporary Australia to Tudor England.
The courier challenges his passenger to turn each what3words location into a story to entertain him in return for a lift to his final drop off point. The mysterious passenger unleashes an unexpectedly scintillating collection of stories leading to an otherworldly denouement where redemption hangs in the balance: ///flies.cities.forgetA shocking discovery in the shed creates neighborly tensions
///woods.fancy.frog
Secret desires and oddball manias are revealed on an English walking holiday.
///bunk.bulb.took
When a popstar's paparazzi pictures have historic cultural repercussions an Irish orphan makes the headlines.
///throw.spider.dizzy
Living in an abusive relationship leads a young girl to take matters into her own hands with two of her friends.
///shows.boxing.owls
A child's abduction at a Tudor Fayre unleashes a wave of suspicion and persecution upon the early Roma community.
///blows.onions.quarrel
Police are baffled about rising violence in the once peaceful villages of Hutherton and Bogwell.
///train.home.reap
An old movie, a sudden windfall and unrequited love set to the beat of 1980s New Romanticism has outcomes worth remembering above the mantelpiece.
///strong.atomic.boom
A dull retired couple receive an invitation-and impending warning of disaster-from an eccentric guest in a seaside coffee shop.
///moment.pans.burn
Water flumes and lazy rivers in South Carolina are backdrop to a father and daughter's philosophical musings that reveal the fanciful notion of 'Suspilio' before a car accident
///organs.showed.alive
Family values and great riches are tested when a life hangs in the balance and the importance of listening is revealed.
