Book description
Visiting his uncle's cattle station in the Australian outback, Tom is
thrilled when old Sam offers to take him and his cousin, Greg,
walkabout. But trekking through the wilderness, the trio are appalled to
stumble across an illegal drug laboratory experimenting on animals.
Suddenly their lives are in jeopardy. Greg is captured, and Sam must
forge onwards in an attempt to get help. Tom finds himself alone under
the unforgiving sun, his food supplies dwindling. Meanwhile the lab
workers plot to flee the country, and to dispose of Greg along the way.
But the outback holds dangers that even scheming criminals cannot
avoid. Kyrek the crocodile watches from the riverbed, assessing his
prey. And when finally they take to the water, Kyrek moves in for the
kill ... Geoffrey Malone spent most of his childhood in Africa, where
he managed to avoid any formal education until the age of eleven. After
school in England, he joined the army for sixteen years, then worked and
travelled in North America. He became a broadcaster and wrote his first
book about his nearest neighbours, a family of beavers: 'Brunner'. He
lives happily in London with his wife and their cocker spaniel,
Harriett, and advises charities dedicated to the preservation of
endangered species. He has won the Children's Book of the Year prize in
the French 'Tam-Tam, j'aime lire' competition, and the 'Prix
Enfant-Grandparent Europeen' for 'Torn Ear'. He was also recently
shortlisted for the Stockton Award for 'Elephant Ben'.
