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Issue Details: First known date: 1999... 1999 Kristen
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September 1990. Four members of the Phillips family die when their yacht sinks in the Indian Ocean. Only twelve year old Kristen survives.

For six weeks Kristen lies in a deep coma. Her ECG line goes flat. Doctors declare her brain dead. But astonishingly, she recovers.

Years later, Kristen moves to the sleepy town of Dungarry. For Simon Woodcock - Dungarry born and bred - her arrival marks the beginning of a nightmare. How can Kristen talk to Woody with her mind? Who are the Death's Head and the Warrior On The Beach, sent to stalk his dreams?

Something happened to Kristen out there on the ocean. Something evil. And now Woody has become her pawn in a terrifying quest for revenge.

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Rydalmere, Parramatta area, Sydney, New South Wales,: Hodder Headline , 1999 .
      Extent: 565p.
      Note/s:
      • On front cover: 'Something happened out there on the ocean. Something evil.'
      ISBN: 0733609856 (pbk.)
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Works about this Work

The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
Untitled Jenette Graham , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 3 2000; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Kristen Jonathan Harlen , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Anne Briggs , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 15 no. 1 2000; (p. 38)
— Review of Kristen Jonathan Harlen , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Judith James , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 44 no. 2 2000; (p. 25)
— Review of Kristen Jonathan Harlen , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Anna Cutler , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 8 no. 1 2000; (p. 40)
— Review of Kristen Jonathan Harlen , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Judith James , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , May vol. 44 no. 2 2000; (p. 25)
— Review of Kristen Jonathan Harlen , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Anne Briggs , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , March vol. 15 no. 1 2000; (p. 38)
— Review of Kristen Jonathan Harlen , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Jenette Graham , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Fiction Focus : New Titles for Teenagers , vol. 14 no. 3 2000; (p. 22-23)
— Review of Kristen Jonathan Harlen , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Bill Congreve , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 25-26 2000; (p. 168-169)
— Review of Kristen Jonathan Harlen , 1999 single work novel
Untitled Anna Cutler , 2000 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Autumn vol. 8 no. 1 2000; (p. 40)
— Review of Kristen Jonathan Harlen , 1999 single work novel
The Australian Horror Novel Since 1950 James Doig , 2012 single work criticism
— Appears in: Sold by the Millions : Australia's Bestsellers 2012; (p. 112-127) According to James Doig the horror genre 'was overlooked by the popular circulating libraries in Australia.' In this chapter he observes that this 'marginalization of horror reflects both the trepidation felt by the conservative library system towards 'penny dreadfuls,' and the fact that horror had limited popular appeal with the British (and Australian) reading public.' Doig concludes that there is 'no Australian author of horror novels with the same commercial cachet' as authors of fantasy or science fiction. He proposes that if Australian horror fiction wants to compete successfully 'in the long-term it needs to develop a flourishing and vibrant small press contingent prepared to nurture new talent' like the USA and UK small presses.' (Editor's foreword xii)
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