Across a territory twice as big as Texas, Queensland is aflame with rebellion. Violence erupts as shearers are incited to battle with squatters by militant union leaders. Their secret agenda is to make Australia into the world's first socialist republic.

Here are cattle kings and camel chieftains, shearers and squatters,the Native Police and soldiers of The Light Horse. Matt Conlan's fate is entangled with theirs as he moves towards the ultimate test of his courage.

"For fans of Western adventure and novels with a solid historical base, then "Conlan's Luck" is for you! Dorothy Gauvin's fast paced, historically accurate epic novel (the book comes with background references) brings forth an adventure story that many readers familiar stories of the American West will feel right at the closeness that the Australian exoprience has with our own. I guess just about everyone's heard of "Waltzing Matilda", but what does it mean? "Conlan's Luck" will fill you in on that bit of information.

Dorothy Gauvin, a renown Australian painter and writer, whose works depict the history of her country, may just be the Australian Larry McMurtry. Those of you familiar with "Lonseome Dove" and the books leading up to that well known story and movie, are really going to enjoy reading about the adventures of Matt Conlan and his wife Tess, which takes place during the Australian 1890's depression and the time of the Shearer's War. This is one book I highly recommend" - Joe Chernicoff