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The Burn (Jessica Mansour-Nahra, Hachette)

Tuesday, 28 July 2026    Books+Publishing
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How well do we ever really know the people closest to us? Jessica Mansour-Nahra poses this unsettling question in The Burn, a near-future speculative novel that slowly evolves into an eco-thriller. Set in 2030, as Australia emerges from Airlock, a government-enforced lockdown following devastating nationwide bushfires, the novel follows Carmen,...

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