Ghost of Timor
About this book
The cold war has ended, but the world is more dangerous than ever. In the tiny Indonesian province of East Timor, a storm is about to burst. Australia needs a man to see to its interests in the burnt-out Timorese capital of Dili. But the only one they have is drowning in heartache a thousand miles to the south. Can Christian Holland rise from his morass to be the man in Australia's hour of need, and who is the Ghost of Timor?In the sweat-soaked satin sheets of an exclusive Canberra hotel, Captain Christian Holland retells the tale of his extrodinary adventurous life. Former paramour, Alison Benaud, newly liberated from her loveless and uneventful life, listens with intent. As Christian unfurls the post-cold war thriller story of the Ghost of Timor, Alison's long repressed desires reassert themselves. Is Christian the man to rescue her from a lifetime of boredom, or is he hiding something?