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The Seventh Age: Dawn

Before the age of reason and science, magic ruled the world. Now, it’s coming back and if most of humanity gets wiped out in the process....well, sometimes you have to break a few eggs.

Salman Rushdie came to Adelaide for Writers’ Week in 1984. He wrote of the "grim enigma of Adelaide" in the Tatler, saying that:

"Adelaide is an ideal setting for a Stephen King novel, or horror film. You know why all those films and books are always set in sleepy, conservative towns?" he asked. "Because sleepy, conservative towns are where those things happen. Exorcism, omens, shining, poltergeists. Adelaide is Amityville, or Salem, and things here go bump in the night."

Reading this quote started the seed of the idea for this story to grow in my mind and the ’word bite’ below sums it up nicely.

Adelaide.

Anthony Trollope called it the ‘City of Churches’, with it’s picturesque skyline and the wide, green bands of park land.

But under the pretty facade lies hidden a dark underbelly…

And those in The Umbra are watching.