Dear Father

The Spark of an Uprising

Published by Big Sky Publishing
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

A gripping thriller of belief and betrayal – where the need to belong becomes a dangerous faith. 

When Daniel’s father disappears, the world tilts. His mother retreats into silence, concealing a past Daniel barely understands. Years later, searching for meaning, he’s drawn to a man who calls himself Excalibur – a mentor, a saviour, a trap.

On a remote Tasmanian estate, Daniel joins a brotherhood devoted to purity and power. At its centre stands Rudolf Hoffman – charismatic, visionary, and the inheritor of an ideology that once condemned Daniel’s own blood.

As Daniel’s devotion deepens, the past begins to breathe again. Ideologies awaken. Love twists into control. And the question that has shadowed him all his life – what kind of father shapes what kind of son? – demands a final, devastating answer.

‘Dark, elegant, and disturbingly plausible.’

‘A mesmerising exploration of faith, control, and the echoes of history.’

‘A story of seduction, ideology, and the ghosts history refuses to bury.’
 

About The Author

Jillian Brannock is a former university academic specialising in European history. She has been published widely and works as a freelance writer and radio presenter. Commissioned to write Rex Backhaus-Smith: An Artist’s Journey (Watson & Co., 2008), she has since produced and presented over 300 episodes of The History Show for the Australian Community Radio Network, recognised with a Federal Government incentive grant.

Her essay ‘Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil’ appeared in Quadrant (2024), and her short fiction was longlisted for the Fabel International Short Story Award. A member of the Hobart Military Studies Group, she lectures on terrorism, military intelligence, and political assassination.

Dear Father is her debut novel.
 

Product Details

  • Publisher: Big Sky Publishing (April 28, 2026)
  • Length: 352 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781923514577

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