James Warren-Smith
A paranormal eco-thriller set in rural Australia, where ancestral secrets, mysterious Min Min lights, and an illegal fracking scheme collideAfter a painful breakup, Dr. James Cole travels to Woodend, Victoria, hoping to find refuge and trace a connection to his family’s past. Instead, he becomes entangled with a group secretly involved in an illegal fracking operation. Drawn in after being misled into lending his academic expertise, James soon finds that the conflict is stranger than he expected: unexplained orbs known as Min Min lights appear, and the boundary between the everyday world and the paranormal begins to blur.With help from Aboriginal ranger Naomi McNamara, James sets out to disrupt the operation. But local influence is stacked against him. Corrupt officials drug him and put him on a plane back to London, leaving his efforts, and the mystery surrounding the lights, unresolved. Set against the landscape of regional Victoria, this story combines environmental intrigue, ancestral connections, and supernatural mystery as one visitor confronts forces determined to keep the truth hidden.
