Description: Sydney Australia, sometime in the 1960s. Watched by family and friends, thirteen determined young Rugby League players commence a seminal year which finishes in triumph for some, tragedy for others. A fractured mosaic of almost forgotten everyday lives, and a powerful impression of a culture and era now rapidly fading from memory.
Brief description: Henry (Harry) Johnston is a full time writer. He divides his time between inner-city Rozelle in Sydney, Australia, and the South Coast of NSW. During a career in media, Henry worked as a broadcaster and producer with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and served as a departmental liaison officer, and senior policy adviser in several New South Wales Government portfolios, including Aboriginal Affairs. Compendiums of Henry's short stories are published as Last Voyage of Aratus and Port Out Starboard Home. Henry's next novel is set in Vienna Austria, during the Anschluss.