Dark Rising

Greig Beck grew up across the road from Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. His early days were spent surfing, sunbaking and reading science fiction on the sand. Later when real life and adulthood intruded he went on to study computer science, and later received an MBA. Greig is the director of a software company but still finds time to write and surf. He lives in Vaucluse, Sydney, with his wife, son and an enormous black German shepherd.

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First published as Return of the Prophet in Macmillan in 2010
by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
This Pan edition published in 2011 as Dark Rising
by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited
1 Market Street, Sydney

Copyright © Greig Beck 2010

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Beck, Greig.
Dark Rising / Greig Beck.
9780330403917(pbk.)
A823.4

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Printed in Australia by McPherson’s Printing Group

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1 Market Street, Sydney 2000

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Dark Rising

Greig Beck

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For Alexander, my best Ideas Man. And for Barbara – whatever did you do to end up stuck with me?

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS