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  • Published: 6 August 1999
  • ISBN: 9780091839536
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $22.99

Thunderfish



In the Coral Sea near Australia, Kira Beaumont witnessed a crime of piracy that changed her life forever. The eighteen-year-old heir to a giant shipping empire, she now has a dangerous obsession. As newspapers speculate about her disappearance, and magazines invent gossip about future TV weddings, Captain Kira Beaumont fights a secret crusade that no one else can, one thousand feet under the Pacific.
Goal: to save refugees attacked on the high seas.
Enemy: modern pirates, murderous and well-armed.
Secret weapon: a re-born combat submarine, bristling with twenty-first century technology to fight an ancient evil.
Thunderfish: some legends were meant to come true.

  • Published: 6 August 1999
  • ISBN: 9780091839536
  • Imprint: Random House Australia Children's
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Simon Higgins

Simon Higgins has worked as a disc jockey, laboratory assistant, marketing manager and even as a monster on a ghost train. He also spent a decade in law enforcement - as a police officer, state prosecutor and licensed private investigator. He has a black belt in Iaido, an ancient style of swordsmanship which prizes traditional techniques and medieval samurai etiquette. He has trained and competed in Iaido contests in Japan - including before a royal audience - and placed fifth in the 2008 Iaido World Titles. As well as conducting professional development sessions for educators, Simon runs writing workshops for kids and adults in Australia and overseas.

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