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'The Hollows' | Numbered First Edition
'The Hollows' | Numbered First Edition
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The long-awaited debut novel from Australian author Foster Burton
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"Absolutely Unputdownable" - J.N Loadsman
"The work of a REAL author" - Peter Watt, author of Cry of the Curlew
“A standout debut” - E. Heitman
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Southern Queensland, 1888
Squatter Jack Thomas has long dreamt of riches: of a grand house full of servants and a life of comfort and luxury. So when he finds a nugget of gold on land they don't yet own, he is faced with a difficult choice: listen to his older brother Bill and forget he ever found it? Or follow his heart and sell it... and lose everything along the way.
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First Edition Paperback, 364 pages.
500 signed and numbered copies
Printed in Sydney, Australia, by Ligare Bookprinters Pty Ltd
Thick GSM cover, with Spot UV and Gold Foil
ISBN: 978-0-6459967-0-8
This book was recommended to me by son who is also as yet an unpublished author and I was very pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it and as I read more I found it increasingly difficult to put down. I look forward to the next one. Well done.
A Most Excellent Read .
Hard to put down and you Definately feel you are right
there in the thick of it !. Waiting with Anticipation for
Foster’s next book . WELL DONE 👌👌.
I enjoyed the story! It was a good yarn well told. Don't think I've ever read an Aussie western before, so it may well be a rare genre. I like the writer's voice, the characters and word pictures you create in your writing became quite real to me. I liked how the story along, didn't fill the pages with my pet hate (internal angst). The hero was easy to side with, in spite of his many faults and I reckon readers will be looking and hoping for redemption for him. Always a winning story component in my mind.
The world of our pioneering ancestors was a harsh, unfair place, with no guarantee that the hard work and privations they endured would eventually pay dividends. The Hollows is a satisfying blending of the historical context, with greed for power, and riches. Adding a lust for vengeance and a chance to reclaim a lost love makes for a rollicking good yarn.
I could not put this book down, loved the pace, the characters and the poetic writing within harsh setting was refreshing. Can’t wait for the sequel