BELLRINGER

Fin Hamilton has been isolated in the backwoods of Cooktown in Northern Australia for a very long time. She can barely read. Everything she knows comes from the television.

Belittled and backhanded by her alcoholic father, Findlay, Fin spends long days hiding in the dim shadows of a booth at the back of Snakes Bar, where Findlay drowns his sorrow.

Cody Compton is a stranger, hidden within the dark recesses of the bar. Fin watches him watching her. On the day Cody abducts Fin, heavy monsoons roll in and isolate the pair in Cody's old shack, changing their lives forever.

In a field, on Delaney Road, a body is found.

When Fin opens a box of secrets their world erupts. There's more to Cody than Fin understands.

WATTYS VERSION - MINUS AUTHOR NOTES AND PHOTOS.