Sandy (Alexander) Gordon has written widely as an expert on security and intelligence. After completing a PhD at Cambridge, he worked in the Australian Office of National Assessments, and as Executive Director of the Asian Studies Council. More recently, he became Defence Fellow at the Australian National University, then head of intelligence in the Australian Federal Police. Later, he lectured at various universities on South Asian and regional security. When he finished his last academic book in 2014, he vowed never to write another footnote. Instead he embarked on the imaginative journey of crafting his first novel, a vital chronicle of pivotal changes in Australian society during the second half of the 20th century...