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Two brothers face the brutal realities of life and the seductive cruelty of electric power in this riveting debut book - a story of savagery and competition, injustice and honor, occur the untamed frontier of 1880s Australia - similar to Philipp Meyer's The Child and the books of Cormac McCarthy. An epic tale of revenge and survival, Only Killers and Thieves is a gripping and absolutely transporting debut, delivering to vibrant life a colonial Australia that bears a dazzling resemblance to the American Wild Western in its formative years. It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to damage the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rainfall finally comes, this can be a wonder that renews their hope for survival. But going back home from a day swimming at a distant waterhole filled up by the downpour, 14-year-old Tommy and 16-year-old Billy talk with a stunning tragedy. Thirsting for vengeance against the person they believe that has wronged them - their previous Aboriginal stockman - the distraught brothers consider the ruthless and cunning John Sullivan, the wealthiest landowner in your community and their father's previous workplace. Sullivan gathers a posse led by the dangerous and exciting Inspector Edmund Noone and his Queensland Native Law enforcement officials, an infamous arm of British isles colonial power incurred with the "dispersal" of indigenous Australians to "protect" white settler protection under the law. As they ride over the barren outback in pursuit, their tough and horrifying trip will have a destructive impact on Tommy, tormenting him for the others of his life - and can hold enduring consequences for a young country struggling to enter into its own. Re-creating a period of Australian and British isles record as evocative and violent as the American frontier age, Only Killers and Thieves can be an unforgettable history of family, guilt, empire, competition, manhood, and beliefs that combines the insightfulness of Philipp Meyer's The Child, the atmospheric beauty of Amanda Coplin's The Orchardist, and the uncooked storytelling electric power of Ian McGuire's The North Water.
