The Lyrebirds
by Delamont Brown
855 pages· 2017
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In Australia, someone is killing off the fourth estate. What do you do when you’re a right-wing government freed of media scrutiny, led by a fitness fanatic with a short attention span?
Spend more time at the gym? Fatten your own bank account? Make life hell for Muslims? Persecute the unemployed? Lock up your opponents? Anything is possible.
A small group of army officers, the Lyrebirds – their bonds forged in brutal combat in a far-off desert land – realise this is not the Australia they were trained to defend, to risk their lives for on the battlefield.
When racist attacks reach her Year Two class in a tragic way, a teacher declares enough is enough. Backed by the Lyrebirds, with the world’s newly dominant internet corporation looking on, she embarks on a dangerous and violent journey towards a final showdown with government.
Meanwhile, who killed the Cabinet minister?
The Lyrebirds is a gripping thriller with twists and turns to the very end. And a wry, surreal but still haunting glimpse into the future.
Spend more time at the gym? Fatten your own bank account? Make life hell for Muslims? Persecute the unemployed? Lock up your opponents? Anything is possible.
A small group of army officers, the Lyrebirds – their bonds forged in brutal combat in a far-off desert land – realise this is not the Australia they were trained to defend, to risk their lives for on the battlefield.
When racist attacks reach her Year Two class in a tragic way, a teacher declares enough is enough. Backed by the Lyrebirds, with the world’s newly dominant internet corporation looking on, she embarks on a dangerous and violent journey towards a final showdown with government.
Meanwhile, who killed the Cabinet minister?
The Lyrebirds is a gripping thriller with twists and turns to the very end. And a wry, surreal but still haunting glimpse into the future.
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