Watershed

It’s the end of the 2020s and Australia struggles under tyranny. The economy has collapsed as terrorism escalates. Conscript Blake Lincoln returns from an endless Middle East war, wounded and a National hero. When he meets Charlotte, all he wants is to have his old life back. Instead, he uncovers secrets that will blow the government apart. Watershed is set in Brisbane, Sydney, and Canberra, and takes in the vast wilderness of Cape York, and the raw beauty of the Kimberly region. It is a story about the insidiousness of political corruption, the dangers of social injustice, the fragility of democracy and the power of family, as one man prepares to abandon all he believes in to save the woman he loves.

Gillian Long was born in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and immigrated to Australia in 1986. She has also lived in the Middle East and Europe. She is a psychologist by profession and having grown up in war, is interested in the psychology of power, war and post-traumatic stress, all of which feature in Watershed. Gillian now lives in Far North Queensland. She has four adult children and lives with her partner near Millaa Millaa, on a farm that borders the World Heritage Wet Tropics Rainforest. This is where she divides her time between her passion for writing, and her responsibility as CEO for an Atherton Tablelands Charity. You can read more of Gillian’s work at https: //gillianlong.wordpress.com