The Violent Society - Book 3 of the Van Diemen Chronicles

M C Rooney

Summary

Buzz Roberts returns to the west to try and restore the law and order from the Old World but to achieve this goal he must first deal with the violence and tyranny of the Martin clan. His father, Hockey, also decides to return to the west, but his old friend John Carter takes him on a longer journey, a journey in which he must confront his estranged wife and daughters.

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