As a pandemic races across the globe four women – a scientist, a journalist, a minister’s widow and a zealot – grapple with the destruction of their beliefs and their self-control. With the spread of the disease the balance between religion and the government disintegrates allowing corrupt individuals to grasp power.
Drawing on the rise of right wing populism, and its appeal for certain personality types, The Second Cure depicts a near future where the growing divide between the left and the right fractures Australia as a country. Dark and compelling, this debut novel is a provocative study on power and impotence.
Control the brain. Control the world...
After practising in criminal law, Margaret Morgan became a professional writer, screenwriter and script editor in television for many well-regarded Australian drama series (including Water Rats, A Country Practice and GP). Margaret’s short fiction has been published in Meanjin and Going Down Swinging, and her works for stage (librettos for music theatre) have been performed at major Australian arts festivals. Margaret recently completed a bachelor’s degree in Advanced Science in Biology at Macquarie University, where she focused on plant science, genetics and parasitology. While studying, she won a prize for popular science writing in an international competition judged by Professor Richard Dawkins. The Second Cure is her debut novel.
