Robert Ennever
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Anna didn't want to die. She wanted to live to see her grand-daughters' weddings. But, it was not to be.
It is always tragic to lose a loved one, but it is sheer torture to watch one's partner deteriorate day by day, losing faculties one by one, the use of arms, legs and hands, and eventually the ability to speak. It is awful when a brain ceases to function, memory goes and friends are no longer recognised. It is even worse when someone is aware...
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Sardinia, two and a half centuries before Christ.
It is a night for wolves and witches.
Across a wind-swept plateau two young lovers are, pursued by a group of villagers’ intent on vengeance. Terrified, hungry and thirsty, the fugitives seek refuge in an ancient burial ground, the so-called 'Domain of the Witches'.
Desperate for water, the lad leaves a talisman, a golden image of the Bear-God Orso, with his beloved while he goes in search of a...
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Traumatised by horrific experiences in Vietnam, Michael Johnston is repatriated to Australia and placed in a psychiatric ward. Eventually discharged into an uncaring world, the disenchanted soldier descends into acute depression.
To escape city pressures, Michael finds work on a cattle property. There he is coerced into partnering local girl Sarah to the Annual Ball, but an alcoholic binge causes him to be re-committed. Released and attempting to...
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The war in the Pacific is, drawing to a close. In New Guinea, a soldier receives a letter, which destroys his hope for the future.
In a drought-ravaged Australian country town, the sender receives no reply and assumes he is dead. Years pass. Life goes on. Two young people fall in love and plan to marry. But, Fate intervenes, the marriage cannot take place. Devastated, the lovers go their separate ways, each in search of meaning. Tragedy and misfortune...
5) Loveridge
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Catastrophic events are convulsing a small country town.
Greedy mining companies, foreign takeovers, corruption in high places, and the contagion of drug dependence devastate its inhabitants.
Vultures are circling, seeking opportunities for exploitation. Jobs are lost, loyalties tested. This dangerous mix results in a young man's murder.
When Jack, reliable mate to his fellow workers, is co-opted as their spokesperson, he too proves fallible and...
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Doctor James Sanders, a molecular scientist, has developed a revolutionary medication, which relieves the crippling pain and disability caused by Rheumatoid Arthritis. Foreseeing enormous profits to be, made, the head of a large, pharmaceutical company pressures James to hasten the release of the 'wonder drug', before the secret manipulation process is, leaked and competitors can duplicate his research.
But, 'Arthrixine' could have serious side effects....
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Personal conflicts and fierce emotions set amidst the intrigues and bloodshed of the infamous Cannibal Islands and the hardships of the fledgling convict colony of New South Wales.
Early nineteenth century Fee-jee, an era of proud men and barbaric cruelty, of unspeakable inhumanity, duplicity, bitter hatreds and vicious revenge. A time of well-intentioned missionary ineptitude, shady island traders and warring, suspicious chieftains; of horrendous...
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Devastated by his wife's death, John Sinclair is working obsessively in an attempt to mask his grief when he suffers a health crisis. His doctor advises country 'Rest and Relaxation.'
'The Retreat', an up-market guesthouse in the picturesque Southern Highlands of New South Wales, seems ideal.
After a less than auspicious introduction to the other guests, four widows, who see him as a desirable 'catch', an elderly violinist, and two troubled ladies...