The Inheritance

When Jack Kenny’s Aunt Eugenie dies leaving him her isolated property Warrah Station, Jack and his sixteen-year old son, Richard go there to have a look around. They find an old hut, its entrance buried under sand. While his father begins the excavation, Richard laments being out in the middle of nowhere on such a stinking hot day, when he could’ve been down on the beach with his mates.

His petulance vanishes when they finally manage to get the door open. Nothing could have prepared them for what they find within the dark confines of that hut: a pile of what appears to be human bones, and three mummified corpses of unknown origin. His interest piqued, he tries to convince his worried father to further explore…but his father is having none of it: ‘We are going to shut the door and we’re going to report this – thing – to the police.’ A clue to what happened in the hut all of those years ago may be contained within a dust-covered folio that they leave sitting in the hut – for now, that is.

This novel will appeal to those interested in the possibility that we are not alone in the universe. The story’s narrative covers three decades, allowing the reader to experience how the different generations of the Kenny family cope with their mysterious and dangerous visitors.

Ages 12-16