Simon Drake – Writer

Indonesia has invaded half of Australia and China is coming to complete the task….

Generous Enemies tells the stories of leaders, assassins and pirates in a portrayal of Australia engulfed in overlapping regional conflicts forming part of World War Three.
After the invasion of Australia by Indonesia, Indonesian General Sumatra made progress in turning occupied territory into a new civilisation, but he was not the only soldier with a vision for a rogue state:
The Australian renegade Colonel Peters retakes a section of occupied Australia and makes it his own. Within time, he is on the hit list of Major Katherine Krue, an Australian Army assassin, and Chinese General Ghan. ‘Two Stars’ Ghan has been sent by Beijing to clean up the Pacific, ridding it of pirates like Jemmy and geopolitical threats like Colonel Peters. The aboriginal tracker, Malo, has seen regional leaders come and go, has traded weapons and lives with them, yet knows how to conveniently avoid the chaos: He goes walkabout when the Chinese invade and Colonel Peters threatens to retaliate with a nuclear strike.

Generous Enemies is not just about Australia at war with Indonesia, or Australia at war with China. It also explores Australia in a conflict with itself on how to manage the inevitable.

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Reviews:

Australia invaded! Welcome to the new world order – great read from Simon with a uniquely Australian flavour.  Can almost smell the sugar cane burning – Harry (Retired Royal Australian Naval Officer)

At last a John Marsden story for adults – Simon Drake is Australia’s answer to Tom Clancy, with classical style – James Longworth

I found Generous Enemies to be a compelling story that questioned the growth of Australia and its place on the world stage. Through the eyes of intriguing characters I saw a country I hadn’t imagined and continually asked myself: what if? – Loch Pollard, Author of Amazon Fever

Generous Enemies….

China, Indonesia and Australia are at war in the South Pacific as 21st century catastrophes and conflicts grip the globe.  Indonesia has invaded Australia yet faltered. Emerging from the chaos of Indonesian Occupied Australia are Warlords, thriving in anarchy, fighting for supremacy, trading natural resources for weapons, and creating rogue states. To counter the disorder, China, the only superpower at full strength, sets out to police the Pacific and restore peace. Major Katherine Krue is young, cunning and a veteran, infiltrating Occupied Australia and assassinating regional players. Her next target is another Warlord but of a different caliber: Colonel Peters, ex-Australian Army, out of control, once ordered to destroy a Warlord, has now become one.  As the leader of a rogue state in an unfinished world war, bordering competing Warlords, Colonel Peters commands a militia army and imports weapons of mass destruction for geo-political leverage and devastation, proving that in a world of uncertainty, there can be security, but at a ghastly cost, and not without creating formidable enemies.  Major Krue must stop him, or an invading Chinese Brigade will provoke him to retaliate with a nuclear strike, thus crushing hopes of peace and an end to regional conflict.

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2009 Recession Update!

It’s easy for doom and gloom about the Recession to lead to woeful tales of an oncoming Depression, and then a bit further down the slide is civil unrest, general “there goes the neighbourhood” apocalypse, the usual global anarchy, ubiquitous end of civilisation fables, multiple global wars stories, and some handy survival tactics for all the above. When I wrote Generous Enemies, the scope was more than just a techno-thriller where China invades Australia and a lone warlord tokes a nuclear weapon under the noses of his neighbours, I wanted a strong narrative that stood apart from global events. I wrote Generous Enemies long before the financial meltdown and general credit crunch popped the credit bubble like when you stomp on a jelly fish at the beach. As of May 2009, I have seen quite a few books published with the aim of cashing in on fear, and I do wonder if they help the real situation at all and just balloon international circumstances way beyond reality. But hey, when we read we do it because it’s a solo exercise, we connect with a writer (who is only there to serve the reader) and fall and fly through an imaginary world. So, enjoy Generous Enemies and I look forward to feedback! – Simon Drake

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For humanity the transformation from savagery into civilisation can only be led by heroes and geniuses, and new inventions, like the concept of zero, the first books and the use of metals, comes at a heavy price.
The tribes on the Peninsula are victims of cannibalism, plunder and genocide, from a marauding tribe of scavengers escaping the ravages of the mainland. To add to the hardship of the tribes on the Peninsula, the climate is changing, the game of the woods are few, and many predict a great hunger will come.
But one dwindling tribe on the Peninsula, The Plains People, are no longer reliant on hunting and gathering. They are masters of trade, gardens, metals and hieroglyphics, creating the finest arrowheads and the first books. However, their ingeniousness, resilience and superiority has made them outcasts, and all that remains of them are one old Chief and his five warrior daughters.
With growing uncertainty on the Peninsula, the Witch Doctor Zauer calls for renewed reverence to the Sun God. But Swifty, a young genius who invents the concept of zero, is a believer of knowledge over superstition. He feels set apart from his own kind and to follow his beliefs he must defect to all that remains of the smaller and technologically advanced Plains People, and face the consequences from his own tribe.
It isn’t easy being the chosen ones.

See also:

The Story Singularity: 10,000 BC the movie and 10,000BC – The First Geniuses 

On Writing 10,000BC - The First Geniuses