CONTENTS

Author’s note

Prologue

One: Ice monsters

Two: Panic!

Three: Converging paths

Four: The hazardous bush

Five: Rise and fall

Six: Every creature has its soft spots

Seven: Ridgey didge

Eight: Wheeling and dealing

Nine: Understanding the lure of crystal meth

Ten: Into the Vortex

Eleven: Parents and thieves

Twelve: The devil

Thirteen: Winter

Fourteen: Bundaberg

Fifteen: Two steps forward, one step back

Sixteen: Beyond excess

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