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  • Published: 29 January 2018
  • ISBN: 9780143783794
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $19.99

Palace of Fires: Initiate (BK1)




A gripping new series from acclaimed Australian filmmaker Bill Bennett, the ‘Outback Hitchcock’ (Variety).

She turned and saw them. Three black shapes in a crowd of colour, moving slowly like scuttling roaches.
Three women, dressed in leathers, carrying biker helmets.
They had come here to find someone.
They had come here to hunt.

Three hundred years ago, Lily's ancestor broke a solemn promise signed in blood. And now she is thrust into a shadow world where Satan is real, witches exist and evil is an ancient living thing that seeks to wreak havoc and rule.

The dark is coming, and only she can stop it.

  • Published: 29 January 2018
  • ISBN: 9780143783794
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $19.99

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About the author

Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett began his career as a journalist at the ABC – and later segued into independent production as a writer/director, making documentaries and feature films. He’s won numerous awards both in Australia and internationally, and his movies have been invited to some of the world’s most prestigious film festivals. He’s an adjunct professor of creative industries at one of Australia’s leading universities, and lives in Mudgee, Central New South Wales, with his wife Jennifer. He is the author of Palace of Fires: Initiate and Palace of Fires: Unholy is the second book in this gripping thriller series about modern witchcraft.

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Praise for Palace of Fires: Initiate (BK1)

Both mysterious and thoroughly researched, this dangerous world of modern white and black witchcraft will appeal to fans of other magical fantasy such as the 'Raven Cycle' and 'Mortal Instruments' series.

Kate McDonell, Australian Bookseller & Publisher