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The Capricorn Sky
The Capricorn Sky
A century into the the weather is lethal, sea levels have risen, and AuZtralia is a lot more complicated.
Andaman Marko lives in the Jointly Administered Territory of Capricornia - a new homeland for millions of climate refugees from Asia. Marko is a playboy by day, fraudster by making millions of $New by illegally decoding corporate and diplomatic komms to deal inside trades on the markets. And unknown enemies start to circle.
Then, in a society where prolonged peace is enforced through mass surveillance, eugenics and social engineering, a bomb goes off and Marko and his mysterious girlfriend, Flick, flee north to the climate ravaged badlands of Cape York.
Marko leads both would be assassins and his guardian angel, Dr Madrigal Phipps, in a wild pursuit through a world where the peace is cracking apart.
A century into the the weather is lethal, sea levels have risen, and AuZtralia is a lot more complicated.
Andaman Marko lives in the Jointly Administered Territory of Capricornia - a new homeland for millions of climate refugees from Asia. Marko is a playboy by day, fraudster by making millions of $New by illegally decoding corporate and diplomatic komms to deal inside trades on the markets. And unknown enemies start to circle.
Then, in a society where prolonged peace is enforced through mass surveillance, eugenics and social engineering, a bomb goes off and Marko and his mysterious girlfriend, Flick, flee north to the climate ravaged badlands of Cape York.
Marko leads both would be assassins and his guardian angel, Dr Madrigal Phipps, in a wild pursuit through a world where the peace is cracking apart.
374 pages, Paperback
Published October 1, 2021
About the author
Colly Campbell
4 booksMy new eco-fantastical novel, Judge Rosa Somberly: The Caiman v Tau al-Gorz is for fantasy lovers. Fast action, mystery, monsters and time travel - it's all there - but at the heart of the story is the clash between unrelenting progress and the natural world.
My first novel, The Capricorn Sky (2020) and its sequel, The Kyoto Bell (2021) are speculative thrillers set in a climate-changed Australia, a hundred years from now.
I’ve written a gazillion short stories, plus plays, musicals, jokes, songs, poems, pantomimes, press releases, speeches, reportage, comedy, features, editorials, you name it, but … I’ve always been a paid-up member of the fiction faction and my first real love is the novel.
A novel is a great river of imagination where both writers and readers, young and old, can plunge and be pulled along in those twisty currents of ideas, images, conversations, stories, worlds.
As for my personal details (thanks for asking), I was born in Scotland and I went to school in 4 continents by the time I was 11. My family moved to Australia’s tropical North where I grew up.
There I worked as both a journalist and sometime playwright and musician. I moved to Canberra in the 1990’s working in Federal politics in the Senate and in Government and then at the Australian Institute of Criminology which tuned up my understanding of both criminality and the justice system.
What I have encountered over the years, I now use as inspiration for exhilarating, entertaining fiction.
Mostly I just want my readers to enjoy the journey. It’s why I write, after all; I want to tell stories that are fun and exciting to read, with characters you can connect with.
My first novel, The Capricorn Sky (2020) and its sequel, The Kyoto Bell (2021) are speculative thrillers set in a climate-changed Australia, a hundred years from now.
I’ve written a gazillion short stories, plus plays, musicals, jokes, songs, poems, pantomimes, press releases, speeches, reportage, comedy, features, editorials, you name it, but … I’ve always been a paid-up member of the fiction faction and my first real love is the novel.
A novel is a great river of imagination where both writers and readers, young and old, can plunge and be pulled along in those twisty currents of ideas, images, conversations, stories, worlds.
As for my personal details (thanks for asking), I was born in Scotland and I went to school in 4 continents by the time I was 11. My family moved to Australia’s tropical North where I grew up.
There I worked as both a journalist and sometime playwright and musician. I moved to Canberra in the 1990’s working in Federal politics in the Senate and in Government and then at the Australian Institute of Criminology which tuned up my understanding of both criminality and the justice system.
What I have encountered over the years, I now use as inspiration for exhilarating, entertaining fiction.
Mostly I just want my readers to enjoy the journey. It’s why I write, after all; I want to tell stories that are fun and exciting to read, with characters you can connect with.
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May 5, 2022
How refreshing to read a sci fi that has a believable storyline based on current climate issues, doesn’t rely on magic powers or unbelievable characters, and has an underlying comment on contemporary Australia. I really enjoyed the pacy thriller element but really enjoyed having my brain led to contemplating the present and the time in which this excellent novel is set. And a Canberra writer too! More please.
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