Christendom

Malachi Thorndyke, former soldier, book smuggler, drunk, is living in the South Australian Reclamation when he’s approached by Isabel and Nathan Beaumont. They have a mission for him, the most important smuggling trip he’ll ever make, back to New Jerusalem, capital of the Christian fundamentalist state that America has become, with a document that with change the course of history.

‘Christendom soars as its prodigious invention sparks’ - Independent

‘One one level, this is a straightforward thriller; what raises it above the crowd is the tension of the writing. It... challenges our preconceptions, and sets us up for the sick beauty of the plot’s central revelation’ - Literary Review

‘Neatly conceived... a well-paced thriller with original ideas and taut writing’ - The Times