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1 y separately published work icon Child of Solitude Catena Pirona , Inala : Ron H. Mortensen , 2018 14057276 2018 single work biography

'Life in the early years of the twentieth century was hard for the poor of Italy. It became even harder in the 1920s with the advent of Fascism. 
'This is the story of one humble but courageous man who left the shores of his homeland to forge a better future for himself and his young family, in a land that was as different from old Europe as it was distant. 
'Once he'd set foot on Australian soil he never looked back. He had left a dictatorship and found freedom. Hardship was no stranger to him. He embraced it eagerly. Australia became his home. 
'It is also the story of a child, his only daughter, growing up in the canefields of Queensland. ' (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon Hominid Graeme Goldsmith , Inala : Ron H. Mortensen , 2018 13914910 2018 single work novel science fiction

'What if a newly developed vaccine had been deliberately corrupted¿masterminded to hijack a woman's pregnancy? Innocent young mother, Millie, is in awe of her new baby's supernatural powers. But wonder soon turns to fear when dark forces attempt to abduct her little boy.Hominid: a story about a boy born with magical powers a boy and his mother condemned to a life on the run, and a mad scientist obsessed with trying to usher in a superior human race.'  (Publication summary)

1 y separately published work icon A Tango with the Dragon (The Aiship That Ate Rio) Graeme Goldsmith , Brisbane : Graeme Goldsmith , 2015 10185812 2015 single work novel science fiction

'Katie Jones feels isolated and fearful. When nuclear-armed extremists wreak havoc on Sydney, her husband Roger, forces her to flee to a place she doesn’t want to be—a glittering new city annexed from their Australian homeland by the seemingly gallant army of a rescuing superpower.

A mysterious Seer then warns Katie that the inhabitants of this futuristic new metropolis have fallen under the mind-control of an artificially intelligent brain—a brain secured within the stylized dragon icon that towers over the city.

Katie is incensed when she sees Roger succumb to the prophesied spell of the dragon. Her suspicions are confirmed when he naively surrenders his aeronautical brilliance to help create the world’s first mega-airship—a city-sized cruise-liner-of-the-air.

But when Roger is kidnapped on the maiden voyage of his globally acclaimed airship, Katie fears the ominous prophecies of the Seer have only just begun...' (publication blurb). .

1 y separately published work icon Our Selected Poems and Short Stories Ron H. Mortensen , Lynette Mortensen , Ron H. Mortensen , 2005 Z1275688 2005 selected work poetry
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