"They had all forgotten the curse... Except one... Until it touched them. I will tell you of those times when the whitefella touched the clouds and lightning came down on the earth for many years."
In 1914, the storm clouds of war are gathering. Matthew Duffy and his cousin Alexander Macintosh are sent by Colonel Patrick Duffy to conduct reconnaissance on German-controlled New Guinea. At the same time, Alexander's sister, Fenella, is making a name for herself in the burgeoning Australian film industry.
But someone close to them has an agenda of his own - someone who would betray not only his family but his country to satisfy his greed and lust for power. As the world teeters on the brink of conflict, one family is plunged into a nightmare of murder, drugs, treachery and treason.
To Touch the Clouds is a powerful continuation of Peter Watt's much-loved saga of the Duffy and Macintosh clan, begun in The Cry of the Curlew.
Peter Watt has spent time as a soldier, articled clerk, prawn trawler deckhand, builder's labourer, pipe layer, real estate salesman, private investigator, police sergeant and advisor to the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary. He speaks, reads and writes Vietnamese and Pidgin. He now lives at Maclean, on the Clarence River in northern New South Wales. Fishing and the vast open spaces of outback Queensland are his main interests in life.
ISBN:
9781405039406
Binding:
Paperback
Pub. Date:
01/11/2009
Category:
Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Imprint:
Pan Australia
Pages:
448 page/s
Stock:
Out of print
Price:
$32.99 AUD
And Fire Falls: The Frontier Series 8
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$29.99, Available
And Fire Falls: The Frontier Series 8
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available
Beyond the Horizon
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available
Beyond the Horizon
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$29.99, Available
Cry of the Curlew: The Frontier Series 1
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available
Cry of the Curlew: The Frontier Series 1
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.95, NR
Eden: The Papua Series 2
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.95, Available
Flight of the Eagle: The Frontier Series 3
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available
Flight of the Eagle: The Frontier Series 3
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.95, NR
Papua: The Papua Series 1
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.95, Available
Shadow of the Osprey: The Frontier Series 2
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.95, NYP
Shadow of the Osprey: The Frontier Series 2
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available
The Frozen Circle
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$32.99, OP
The Frozen Circle
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available
The Pacific: The Papua Series 3
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$32.99, OP
The Pacific: The Papua Series 3
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available
The Silent Frontier
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.95, Available
The Silent Frontier
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$32.95, Unavailable
The Stone Dragon
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available
The Stone Dragon
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$32.95, Unavailable
To Chase the Storm
Watt, Peter
TPB, A$30.00, RPUC
To Chase the Storm: The Frontier Series 4
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.95, Available
To Ride the Wind: The Frontier Series 6
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$14.99, Available
To Ride the Wind: The Frontier Series 6
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$32.99, OP
To Touch the Clouds: The Frontier Series 5
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available
To Touch the Clouds: The Frontier Series 5
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$32.99, OP
War Clouds Gather: The Frontier Series 7
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$29.99, NYP
War Clouds Gather: The Frontier Series 7
Watt, Peter
P/B, A$19.99, Available