DAVID KERNOT

Dark secrets. Strange worlds. Human consequences.

Australian author of crime, speculative and dark fiction

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Crime

The Seventeenth

Dark secrets. Survival. A romance.

To escape her secretly monstrous husband, a serial killer, Miriam reinvents herself in the quirky town of Two Rivers. She unexpectedly finds a connection with Mike, a police analyst haunted by ghosts. As their romance blossoms, Mike's supernatural gift uncovers a trail of murders leading back to Miriam's past, forcing them to confront a predator who believes he is above the law and will stop at nothing to reclaim what he considers his.

★★★★★

Dark, Gripping, and Surprisingly Emotional: The story immediately pulled me in with Miriam's desperate attempt to escape her dangerous past, and the tension never lets up. [Amazon Review]

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Dystopian / climate fiction

Gaia's Guardians

Three generations of the Ironbark family are humanity's last hope in a world ravaged by climate change. Armed with mystical Gaia Stones that connect them to the Earth's power, a farmer, a scientist, and a young woman must confront eco-terrorists, political collapse, and catastrophic natural disasters. Spanning continents and decades, they must learn to wield their inherited power before the planet consumes itself, proving that the strongest force for change is always the human connection.

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Magic realism

Maralinga Winds

Haunted by war and the ghost of his twin sister, veteran Martin returns home to his childhood home defeated. When he discovers a magical family book that allows him to travel through time, he confronts the legacy of his ancestors and the grief that broke him. Guided by their wisdom and a connection to his deceased sister, he must choose between the familiar chaos of war and the difficult path to a new life.

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Eighty short stories. Five continents of anthologies. One restless imagination.

David Kernot is a South Australian author who writes contemporary fantasy, science fiction, climate fiction, crime thrillers, and dark fiction/horror and has eighty short story publications in anthologies throughout Australia, the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. His work has appeared in over 30 different printed publications worldwide.

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