The New Land: An epic story of one of pre-history's greatest discoveries

by Gavin Hickey

‘The New Land’ is an epic tale of a pre-historic voyage to discover Australia. It is also the story of a tribe's struggle for survival within a savage world and one man’s struggle with his own people. Dau-Laki is the first of a returning hunting party to discover that a catastrophe has befallen his tribe. As he runs back to inform the hunting pack, he formulates a plan that just might save them all from annihilation but in doing so he stakes a claim to being one of the tribe’s new leaders and incurs deadly jealousies. Torn between love and loyalty, Dau-Laki becomes an integral player in a chain of events which will eventually lead to one of the greatest discoveries of all time. ‘The New Land’ reads like a fantasy epic; there are strange and deadly beasts, a quest and the use of magic, but all events in this book are in accordance with what is currently known from the best archaeological research. ‘The New Land’ reveals to its readers the wonders and trials of a little-known period of human pre-history, but it is first and foremost a human story about ambition, infatuation and survival.

618 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2021