New novel out – Where the Dust Settles by Duncan Ewing Graham

A gripping battle for justice – and life – against Big Asbestos

“An important book – in my judgment, a very important book – that deserves to be read and studied widely.”

“It is a morality tale, Dickensian in its scope. But it is also a terrific, entertaining read. I devoured it in a weekend.”

Roy Williams, author, lawyer and lecturer

Do you know what you’ve got within you? If it’s deadly asbestos, you’d better have what it takes to fight for what’s right.

It was while traipsing through the heat and dust of Disaster Gorge, a narrow slit between terraced walls of rock, perpendicular to the spine of the Hamersley Range, that Harry noticed a steel-blue sheen in an escarpment, the like of which he had never seen. Venturing to the floor of the canyon below, he found chunks of red crusted rock with a core of blue grey. He picked up a fist-sized piece and noticed the straight-fibred blue material beneath the red-brown shell. The fibres lay in perfect parallel lines like miniature organ pipes. Harry plucked at them and the fibrous strands expanded, breaking up into sharp blue needles as he teased the strands further. It was magical stuff. He looked up at the cliffs and the blue mineral that ran all through the narrow gorge. Whatever it was, Harry figured it must be valuable.