The clock’s ticking and my mate’s nervous. Fair enough, given his debut novel is about to hit the shelves!

Paul Garrety is a member of my Brisbane-based writing group, Writers on the Edge, and it’s been a thrill to see this story progress to the stage where HarperCollins have picked up both The Seventh Wave and its sequel. Sweet cover, too!

Voyager have posted an extract here to whet the appetite.