Kimberley Trilogy— Novels By Barry Smith FOR FREEDOM’S CAUSE is a historical, romanc thriller set in England and Australia between the world wars. It follows the adventures and growing relaonship between a working class, English, army officer from Manchester-Dan Bevan- and a Melbourne barrister, serving with the Australian Light Horse-Charlie Ellio-who met, by chance, during World War One and the strong women in their lives. Having survived several of the major bales, both men are so disillusioned with the homes and Charlie joins an underground army to stand-up against mob riots in Melbourne. When Dan is targeted by vengeful IRA assassins, he accepts Charlie’s invitaon to escape to Australia. When IRA gunmen pursue him from Melbourne to Perth he is forced to flee to a cale staon in the Kimberley where, finally reunited with his wife and son, he confronts his nemesis in that vast and myscal wilderness. For Freedom’s Cause Battle for the North BATTLE FOR THE NORTH reunites the heroes and heroines of For Freedom’s Cause-Dan, Charlie, Elspeth Liza and Alice, in frustrang Japanese espionage plots and raids into northern Australia during World War 2. The acon takes place in the Kimberley wilderness and celebrates the daring and heroism of mounted North Australian Observer Unit patrols, nicknamed the ‘Nackeroos’ or ‘Curn’s Cowboys.’ Following on the bombing of Darwin and Broome, Japanese marine commandos land on the Kimberley coast to establish a foothold and deny the US and Australian Navies a secure re- fuelling and supply base. In the absence of Australia’s regular forces in the Middle East and Singapore, all that stands between them and success is Dan Bevan’s and Charlie Ellio’s part-me observer patrols, which bale a Japanese special forces unit from Broome to their Kalumburu base and join the fight to push the enemy back into the sea. Whilst Dan and Charlie conduct their guerrilla campaign in the bush, their wives and Lady Elspeth interrupt their war work in Darwin to hunt down a murderous Spy.”