04/28/2026
"Red Dirt Dark Sky" available on Amazon free if you have Kindle Unlimited. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GYM15K69
She chased a billion-dollar secret into the red dust. The Outback decided to keep her.
Geologist Kate Mowberry is one decision away from greatness—or death. When her data points to a forbidden mineral treasure in the South Australian Outback, ambition overrules caution. She takes an unauthorized detour.
The punishment is instantaneous. A kangaroo, a rollover, a shattered arm. Stranded, with no signal and a single bottle of water, Kate is no longer a scientist. She is prey.
The sun is her executioner. The freezing nights are her tomb. And the dingoes—patient, yellow-eyed, and relentless—are her stalkers.
Her only hope is the ghost town of Tarcoola, where the legendary Ghan train passes twice a week. But Tarcoola is 48 kilometers of agonizing desert away. With her body failing and her mind unraveling into hallucinations, Kate must strip away every layer of her professional arrogance to find a primal will she never knew she possessed.
Red Earth, Black Sky is a pulse-pounding survival thriller about the razor-thin line between discovery and death. It asks a simple, terrifying question: When the land decides to take you, how hard will you fight to stay alive?
