Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1 The space race Chapter 2 Decision No. 546 Chapter 3 Pine Gapski Chapter 4 Memo to Mr Bailey Chapter 5 Cooks, bakers, computer operators Chapter 6 No need to know Chapter 7 Make it 'no comment' Chapter 8 The beauty of the domes Chapter 9 An Aussie bomb Chapter 10 Chinese whispers Chapter 11 Keep your hands off Chapter 12 The birds Chapter 13 Number two on the shit list Chapter 14 'I can't stand that [****]' Chapter 15 NSSM 204 Chapter 16 Never again Chapter 17 Drop that hamburger! Chapter 18 Apocalypse now? Chapter 19 Reds, ratbags and radicals Chapter 20 No admission Chapter 21 A magnet for protest Chapter 22 Desert Storm Chapter 23 The canteen tour Chapter 24 Hunting for Osama Chapter 25 Snowden Chapter 26 Rainfall Chapter 27 A saucerful of secrets Bibliography

About the Author

Tom Gilling is an acclaimed novelist. The Sooterkin, Miles McGinty and Dreamland have all been published in Australia, as well as London and New York. He is co-author with Clive Small of the highly successful Smack Express, Blood Money, Evil Life and The Dark Side. His most recent book is The Lost Battalions.