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The Darkness
In the small coastal town of Isolation Bay, a shadow hangs over the lives of Rohan Peters and his mother Eileen. Bound together by small town superstition, their lives are dominated by fear. Into this setting comes Rachel, a girl on the run from her own dark history. As Rohan and Rachel struggle to build a friendship amidst the paranoia of Isolation Bay, their pasts come crashing down on them in an event that will change both of their lives forever.
170 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2000
About the author
Anthony Eaton
17 books70 followersBorn in Papua New Guinea in 1972, ANTHONY EATON spent an idyllic childhood growing up in the Perth hills, and on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
He attended High School and University in Perth, and studied a plethora of subjects before settling on a career in Teaching. He worked at Trinity College in Perth as a Literature and Drama teacher for eight years, during which time his first novel, 'The Darkness' was published by the University of Queensland Press. The novel was awarded the 2001 Western Australian Premier’s award for Young Adult Literature, and encouraged Anthony to turn his hand to further writing. In 2005, his historic fiction novel Fireshadow also won the WA premier’s award for Young Adult Literature and was named an honour book in the CBCA Book Of the Year awards.
His most recent book is 'Into White Silence', an historic Gothic novel set in Antarctica at the turn of the century, and dealing with the disappearance of an expedition to reach the pole from the East Coast of the Antarctic Continent. As a part of this, he spent Christmas 2005 at Casey Station in Antarctica as part of the Australian Antarctic Division’s Arts Fellowship programme. In April 2009, 'Into White Silence' was selected as an Honour Book by the Children's Book Council of Australian in the 'Older Readers' category of their annual 'Book of the Year' Awards.
In 2010, Daywards the long-awaited final book of his Darklands Trilogy will be released. He's pleased to finaly have this story out of his head.
He lives in Canberra, with his wife Imogen, son Tobias, and a slightly deranged Kelpie named Chelsea. He is an assistant professor of creative writing and literature studies at the University of Canberra.
He attended High School and University in Perth, and studied a plethora of subjects before settling on a career in Teaching. He worked at Trinity College in Perth as a Literature and Drama teacher for eight years, during which time his first novel, 'The Darkness' was published by the University of Queensland Press. The novel was awarded the 2001 Western Australian Premier’s award for Young Adult Literature, and encouraged Anthony to turn his hand to further writing. In 2005, his historic fiction novel Fireshadow also won the WA premier’s award for Young Adult Literature and was named an honour book in the CBCA Book Of the Year awards.
His most recent book is 'Into White Silence', an historic Gothic novel set in Antarctica at the turn of the century, and dealing with the disappearance of an expedition to reach the pole from the East Coast of the Antarctic Continent. As a part of this, he spent Christmas 2005 at Casey Station in Antarctica as part of the Australian Antarctic Division’s Arts Fellowship programme. In April 2009, 'Into White Silence' was selected as an Honour Book by the Children's Book Council of Australian in the 'Older Readers' category of their annual 'Book of the Year' Awards.
In 2010, Daywards the long-awaited final book of his Darklands Trilogy will be released. He's pleased to finaly have this story out of his head.
He lives in Canberra, with his wife Imogen, son Tobias, and a slightly deranged Kelpie named Chelsea. He is an assistant professor of creative writing and literature studies at the University of Canberra.
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October 3, 2021
Slow, obvious and weird, the book relies almost entirely on the vibes of a small, isolated coastal town and the people who live there.
The atmosphere is spot on and the characters are well developed but the plot itself was slow and a little tedious. As a first novel it was excellent, but it promises more than it quite delivered. Checking out more of the author's books to see his progress through the years.
I wish I could give it five stars but it's only really a four because it so precisely covered living in a small isolated community in remote Australia.
The atmosphere is spot on and the characters are well developed but the plot itself was slow and a little tedious. As a first novel it was excellent, but it promises more than it quite delivered. Checking out more of the author's books to see his progress through the years.
I wish I could give it five stars but it's only really a four because it so precisely covered living in a small isolated community in remote Australia.
November 4, 2019
I don't know how this won an award. Were things that dire in Oz YA 2 decades ago? Was I a kids librarian back then, regularly seeing this on the shelves and never feeling compelled to go near it?
Bloody 2nd hand bookshop and your evil money sucking ways. If I return it, i only paid $5 after refund, but can I do it??? (it was worth 50c)
Bloody 2nd hand bookshop and your evil money sucking ways. If I return it, i only paid $5 after refund, but can I do it??? (it was worth 50c)
December 13, 2009
a good read however is slightly dissapointing. the plot is good but the scene and time chancges are hard to follow as they are not broken up and in't any indcation that it is a flashback or history. the immegery is absolutely wonderful. this would eb a wonderful boo to paiint a picture from and in spots could beome wonderful poetry.
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