A Line Too Far: Australia Under Attack

Australia Is Reeling. The World Is In Shock.

Chinese commandos in a lightning raid have seized the vast, under-populated, resource-rich lands of Northern Australia. Thousands of Australian soldiers are held hostage. International realpolitik has left Australia abandoned by its supposed allies and its brittle social fabric is rapidly unwinding as the people panic.

A Chinese ultimatum demands the annexation of the country’s top half in ten days or face a full-scale invasion. As other politicians clamour to sue for peace, Prime Minister Gary Stone, in a desperate race against time and impossible military and political odds, must commit to a risky and radical plan to try to free the country . . .

Barry Colman is an award-winning journalist and publisher who divides his time between homes in the Gold Coast and Auckland. He is a former staff reporter for the Courier Mail and Sunday Mail, Brisbane.A very successful business executive, he founded The Liberty Publishing Company which produced financial and classified papers in New Zealand and he acquired The National Business Review from Fairfax.He has always had a strong interest in geopolitics and his works of fiction are set against realistic political and social possibilities. He is a recipient of the Queens Service Medal for services to publishing.