Parallel Destinies

by Bruce Cooke

Peace seems a long way off for Danny Stevens, a survivor of Gallipoli. Wounded, he returns home to find his family dead from the Spanish Flu. Disheartened by this and the loss, he finds his way to the Australian Outback. The horrors of war stay with him, but he discovers new hope when he meets Robbie, a determined young woman, and love develops.Jonathon Bailey escapes from an orphanage with his brothers when he is fourteen, but they are separated and finds himself to the fringe of the outback. He saves the life of a grazier who takes him to his cattle station. He meets Melanie and they fall in love and marry. Tragedy occurs when their first-born child and Melanie’s parents die in a bush fire. Jonathon takes over the station and together they build a thriving business.Danny is hired by Jonathon but runs afoul with three crooks. Robbie is kidnapped and Danny left to die in the desert. Will they survive and find each other?

277 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 20, 2019