Kimberley Trilogy—

Novels By

Barry Smith

FOR FREEDOM’S CAUSE is a historical, romantic thriller set in England and Australia between the world wars. It follows the adventures and growing relationship between a working class, English, army officer from Manchester-Dan Bevan-and a Melbourne barrister, serving with the Australian Light Horse-Charlie Elliott-who met, by chance, during World War One and the strong women in their lives.

Having survived several of the major battles, both men are so disillusioned with the homes and Charlie joins an underground army to stand-up against mob riots in Melbourne. When Dan is targeted by vengeful IRA assassins, he accepts Charlie’s invitation to escape to Australia.

When IRA gunmen pursue him from Melbourne to Perth he is forced to flee to a cattle station in the Kimberley where, finally reunited with his wife and son, he confronts his nemesis in that vast and mystical wilderness.

For Freedom’s Cause

Battle for the NorthBATTLE FOR THE NORTH reunites the heroes and heroines of For Freedom’s Cause-Dan, Charlie, Elspeth Liza and Alice, in frustrating Japanese espionage plots and raids into northern Australia during World War 2. The action takes place in the Kimberley wilderness and celebrates the daring and heroism of mounted North Australian Observer Unit patrols, nicknamed the ‘Nackeroos’ or ‘Curtin’s Cowboys.’

Following on the bombing of Darwin and Broome, Japanese marine commandos land on the Kimberley coast to establish a foothold and deny the US and Australian Navies a secure re-fuelling and supply base. In the absence of Australia’s regular forces in the Middle East and Singapore, all that stands between them and success is Dan Bevan’s and Charlie Elliott’s part-time observer patrols, which battle a Japanese special forces unit from Broome to their Kalumburu base and join the fight to push the enemy back into the sea.

Whilst Dan and Charlie conduct their guerrilla campaign in the bush, their wives and Lady Elspeth interrupt their war work in Darwin

to hunt down a murderous Spy.”

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Kimberley Kill

About the AuthorBARRY SMITH was educated at North Manchester Grammar School and Cambridge University, where he read history. Australia has been home for over forty years where he lives in marvellous Melbourne. He worked as a management consultant until, having completed a Doctor of Management Program focused on 3rd age living and working, with Charles Handy as one of the assessors, he began to live his dream by becoming an established writer.

KIMBERLEY KILL - The final novel in the trilogy.

An international, religious war has broken out across the Middle East between Sunni and Shia Islamic sects, cutting off all energy supplies from that region.

Frustrated by its inability to acquire sufficient energy to power its ever expanding economy, China has invaded Russia, annexing the Siberian oil and gas fields and precipitating World War 3.

Cyber warfare has neutralised global defence communications creating a US-China stand-off and the only remaining operational satellite communication base in the Kimberley is threatened by invading Indonesian, special-forces. All that stands in their way is a small Norforce patrol backed by an Aboriginal tribe, whose female leader is intent on avenging the murder of her father, their Elder, and the desecration of their Wandjina guardian.

Three strong minded and determined people-the devout Moslem leader of the Indonesian Kopassus force, the MIT trained daughter of an assassinated Aboriginal elder and the middle-aged, former SAS, gas platform engineer and part-time leader of the Norforce patrol-strive to contest and impose their conflicting beliefs and loyalties when they compete and clash in a hunt to the death across the harsh but beautiful Kimberley wilderness.