Set in Australia, Mia’s Magic Wand takes us on a fugitive journey from Sydney Harbour to the Kimberley. A mother, a father and a monk all want to fix what’s f****d with the world. Each loves to gamble. The mother gambles with politicians, the father gambles with weapons and the monk gambles with God. 

The plot revolves around an archive of blackmailing videos—The Magic Wand—owned by billionaire philanthropist, Tate Wolsey. Tate can have anything he wants, except for Mia, so he assaults her. But he underestimates his wife, Claudia. Outraged, she steals the Magic Wand and gives it to Mia. All hell breaks loose and Mia ends up with the last surviving copy of the Wand.

A federal election looms, news of the theft of the Wand leaks out and prominent politicians begin to worry. One of them, the Federal Police Minister, makes a deal with a jailed murderer, Dog, who holds a grudge against Mia. In quick succession, Dog is released from jail, Tate’s wife is murdered and Mia’s daughter is kidnapped.

Late one night, Mia arranges to hand over the Wand in exchange for her daughter but the deal goes sideways and a gun battle erupts. In the chaos, Mia and Red rescue their daughter and flee to the mountains—still in possession of the Wand.

Trekking to a highway, they hitch a ride with a truck driver and travel to the Kimberley. But Dog is still at large and a bloody struggle plays out. 


This is a multiple point of view story: each of the three characters taking their chapter by turn.

Mia's Magic Wand

The following list of references is intended as a guide to readers who would like to explore the works of authors, film directors and musicians referred to in this novel. Numerous motifs and metaphors have also been borrowed from the writer’s non-fiction book Beautiful Quest. 


· George MacDonald, Lilith (Lion Publishing, London, 1982, reprinted 1986 [1895]), p. 218, ‘Even if you lie there …’ The quote is a paraphrase of the original. 


· Saul Williams, The Dead Emcee Scrolls: The Lost Teachings of Hip-Hop (MTV/Pocketbooks, New York, 2006), p. 25. The title of this poem is ‘Chapter 18’: ‘At the helm of the ship...’ 


· Fight Club, a movie released in 1999, directed by David Fincher and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palhuniuk. 


· Carl Jung’s essay, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious (Important Books, USA, 2014), p. 42. 


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