DOOMED:: She will do whatever it takes; her ambition will be deadly.

by Richard Evans

The Democracy trilogy concludes with a choice between the environment and the economy. Which one will flourish, and which one is DOOMED ? Three years after the change of government, the nation is facing huge social, policy, and environmental disasters yet the Australian government seems paralyzed on how to proceed. Two senior ministers resolve that a change of prime minister is essential for Australia’s future and begin to lay the foundations for his dismissal. The race to change government intensifies with an old face causing chaos by threatening Meredith Bruce, the charismatic leader of the opposition. Cassandra, a prominent journalist, publishes articles and delivers nightly television news that shocks the government and drives change. She wants political scalps to ensure her ambition is achieved and will wreck careers to do so, even her boss. DOOMED takes us behind the scenes of a parliament unaware of how ambitions and political manipulations affect voters. When the environment and economy are brought into the mix, which will be the one to flourish, and which one is doomed?

462 pages, Paperback

Published December 9, 2021

Reviews

[Margaret Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

They're an unlovely lot.

I could laugh at the politicians' brutal ambitions were it not for the frequent changes in Federal leadership I have witnessed. 'Doomed' sounds all too horribly true and reeks of personal experience - observation hopefully. Lurking in the background is the desperate farmer about to lose his property in order to save Sydney investors anxiety about falling share prices in Blue Chip Investments.

Richard Evans' final book in the trilogy is his best. Well-paced and clearly motivated, it paints a transparent picture of the uglier side of politicians. One might hope they set time aside to run the country.

[Lyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another ripping read about the machinations of Federal politics. The interplay between politicians and their aspirations and the media was well done. The ending was incredible, not the least because we are farmers ourselves. I have thoroughly enjoyed this trilogy and the ways various people have worked the system for their various ends.