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Reunion
As an Indonesian air attack on Darwin looms, the mind of Gordon McGregor, architect of this thriving metropolis of 2,750,000 people, is churning with memories of Jakarta 50 years ago and two women with whom he was infatuated.
“Two women so different in temperament and their effect upon him. Sita was light colours and laughter. Siu Ning was dark colours and hidden depths.”
Both are dead but the daughters of the one whom he married are in Darwin with him for a family reunion while the son of the other, now Indonesia’s defence chief, holds the power of life or death over them. McGregor is faced with revealing a secret he has held for 35 years, which will be painful for him and his family, but is his only hope of stopping the Indonesian Defence Minister from launching the strike against Darwin.
McGregor has carried the secret since he saw an Indonesian army officer shoot dead four Australian journalists as Jakarta began its invasion of East Timor. Now, his personal moment of truth comes in his appearance on a television current affairs program with the Indonesian Defence Minister, who is beamed in by satellite link from Jakarta. In the studio watching are members of his family, gathered to celebrate his eightieth birthday with him. He must steel himself to a soul-baring disclosure before his family and a television audience. Then he can only pray it will prevent the destruction of Darwin and the outbreak of war between Indonesia and Australia.
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“Two women so different in temperament and their effect upon him. Sita was light colours and laughter. Siu Ning was dark colours and hidden depths.”
Both are dead but the daughters of the one whom he married are in Darwin with him for a family reunion while the son of the other, now Indonesia’s defence chief, holds the power of life or death over them. McGregor is faced with revealing a secret he has held for 35 years, which will be painful for him and his family, but is his only hope of stopping the Indonesian Defence Minister from launching the strike against Darwin.
McGregor has carried the secret since he saw an Indonesian army officer shoot dead four Australian journalists as Jakarta began its invasion of East Timor. Now, his personal moment of truth comes in his appearance on a television current affairs program with the Indonesian Defence Minister, who is beamed in by satellite link from Jakarta. In the studio watching are members of his family, gathered to celebrate his eightieth birthday with him. He must steel himself to a soul-baring disclosure before his family and a television audience. Then he can only pray it will prevent the destruction of Darwin and the outbreak of war between Indonesia and Australia.
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First published January 1, 1988
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About the author
Ian Stewart
10 books13 followersI was born in New Zealand and began my journalism career on The New Zealand Herald.
I was a foreign correspondent in Asia for 30 years, which included fifteen years reporting for The New York Times with Hong Kong as my base.
I had earlier been a Reuters correspondent, working for the agency in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia.
I began writing fiction when I was a young journalist in Australia and had two short stories published.
My first success with a novel was The Peking Payoff, which was published in hard cover in 1975 by Macmillan Inc in New York and in paperback by Hamlyn. Hamlyn subsequently published The Seizing Of Singapore, Deadline In Jakarta and An H-Bomb For Alice.
In 1988, I self-published Reunion, also a novel.
Following my ten years as a freelance correspondent, from 1991 to 2001, based first in Singapore and then Malaysia, I wrote The Mahathir Legacy, a non-fiction work, which was published in Australia in 2003 by Allen & Unwin.
My epic Asian saga, Nanyang – published as both an Amazon (Kindle) eBook and as a CreateSpace) paperback – reflects my interest in the history of East Asia, where I have spent so much of my adult life, and the emigration of Chinese to South-East Asia, among them the ancestors of my wife Truus The Tiang Nio.
For the eBook see:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006PHIPU4
For the paperback see:
http://www.amazon.com/Nanyang-Mr-Ian-...
I have also more recently published two more books of the action/adventure genre,The Unintentional Jihadi.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008d7EHI7O
and The Lust of Comrade Lu.
http://www.amazon.com/Lust-Comrade-Lu...-
ebook/dp/B00IWXP3H2/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
It is very relevant to current relations between Hong Kong and Beijing.
I have begun republishing some earlier works as eBooks.
The first was Reunion. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008YVLPNI
The second was The Peking Payoff
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009HPE0T6
The latest is The Seizing Of Singapore
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ALQL39K
For further information about me, see my blog: http://iangstewart.typepad.com/my_weblog
I was a foreign correspondent in Asia for 30 years, which included fifteen years reporting for The New York Times with Hong Kong as my base.
I had earlier been a Reuters correspondent, working for the agency in Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Indonesia.
I began writing fiction when I was a young journalist in Australia and had two short stories published.
My first success with a novel was The Peking Payoff, which was published in hard cover in 1975 by Macmillan Inc in New York and in paperback by Hamlyn. Hamlyn subsequently published The Seizing Of Singapore, Deadline In Jakarta and An H-Bomb For Alice.
In 1988, I self-published Reunion, also a novel.
Following my ten years as a freelance correspondent, from 1991 to 2001, based first in Singapore and then Malaysia, I wrote The Mahathir Legacy, a non-fiction work, which was published in Australia in 2003 by Allen & Unwin.
My epic Asian saga, Nanyang – published as both an Amazon (Kindle) eBook and as a CreateSpace) paperback – reflects my interest in the history of East Asia, where I have spent so much of my adult life, and the emigration of Chinese to South-East Asia, among them the ancestors of my wife Truus The Tiang Nio.
For the eBook see:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006PHIPU4
For the paperback see:
http://www.amazon.com/Nanyang-Mr-Ian-...
I have also more recently published two more books of the action/adventure genre,The Unintentional Jihadi.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008d7EHI7O
and The Lust of Comrade Lu.
http://www.amazon.com/Lust-Comrade-Lu...-
ebook/dp/B00IWXP3H2/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
It is very relevant to current relations between Hong Kong and Beijing.
I have begun republishing some earlier works as eBooks.
The first was Reunion. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008YVLPNI
The second was The Peking Payoff
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009HPE0T6
The latest is The Seizing Of Singapore
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ALQL39K
For further information about me, see my blog: http://iangstewart.typepad.com/my_weblog
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September 3, 2013
It is obvious that the author has a great deal of knowledge of Indonesia and Asia in general, because the small details in the story read as biographical details, rather than research. The basic story is the threat from Indonesia to attack Darwin, and the historical facts that lead to that threat. The story covers major actual historical incidents from around Asia, which affect the main character from the late 60’s through to the time of the fictional threat of war with Indonesia. I enjoyed the story, even though there is a lot of back ground detail for the reader to absorb.
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