Flood Country: When a Drought Hits, the Water Wars Begin

By Robert Maddison

Jack Miller, former Sydney Morning Herald journalist, follows his instincts to rural Dawson to do a followup piece on a headline that read 'Angry farmer accuses bureaucrat of corruption'.

Little did he know what he was about to unleash as he set about helping the feisty old cattle farmer to expose corruption in the water industry—blatant water theft at the height of a ten year drought crippling the Australian farming landscape.

As Jack and his friends slowly unravel the web of deceit and corruption, which extends through the bureaucracy and into the corridors of political power and big business, they are confronted by an increasingly desperate enemy willing to do anything to stay above the law.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jan 30, 2014
• ISBN: 9781925086614

Robert Maddison

Robert Maddison is an Australian author whose first novel 'Flood country' is an eco-thriller set during the recently ended drought of nearly 10 years. Maddison was born in rural Australia and has spent nearly 30 years working with government, business and farming communities - experiences his first novel draws on.