A gripping coming-of-age adventure that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

Australia is ruled by the SIF.

 The Special Investigation Force controls everything. Water, food, fuel … women’s bodies. 

 18-year-old Ora has never questioned their authority; everyone knows it’s all for the ‘safety of the nation’.

 But Ora’s decision to move in with her aunt is a bad one. She’s just landed herself in the middle of nowhere with a deluded activist who wants to change the world, one illegal birth at a time. Sooner or later someone is going to die and Ora doesn’t know where to turn.

 The beach is her only sanctuary and it’s here that she meets Jake, thoughtful and experienced, who encourages her to live a little. So why is it that as soon as she starts to have some fun, everything goes dangerously wrong?

“Even today, across the globe, mothers are forcibly robbed of their choices and rights in childbirth by bureaucracies asserting claim over “safety”. Is this our future? Will we sacrifice our mothers, daughters, aunts and nieces in the name of “safety”? Ora’s unshakeable belief in herself is the perfect antidote and a must read for every young person. Her strength on her journey of self-awareness and self-determination is enough to take your breath away.”

Bashi Hazard, Lawyer and Board Director, Human Rights in Childbirth

“One of the best Australian dystopians I’ve read. “Ora’s Gold” gives a refreshing glimpse into a world still in fear after the outbreak of a deadly disease and raises questions about women’s rights and body sovereignty in a brave and unique way that will stay with readers long after the turning of the final page.”

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