Deirdre, the Renegade: Never-Never: Part TWO

What might have been a promise of paradise in the Lucky Country became a mess of red tape. Half the world and a full year away from the life she once knew, seasoned, sixteen-year-old Deirdre finds herself a fugitive from four felonies, cast into the Outback, nearly naked with no passport and all her worldly possessions guarded by two dead men.
But even this dire dilemma is not insurmountable for the indefatigable heroine. With the help of fortune, fast friends, and fair winds, she seeks solace in a variety of closed societies as she strives to reestablish herself as a free person at last.

Deirdre, the Wanderer, The Oceania Adventures:
Volume 5: Deirdre, the Renegade; Fourth, ‘Blake’ edition, April 2025 - Part Two
In Books 40-42 of the complete novel, Deirdre journeys to Adelaide, celebrates a major milestone, and finds purpose, and possibly even romance, with a benevolent family who take her exactly where she wants to go: to perhaps the very last civilisation on Earth where she might regain, and retain, her freedom.

'It is nought but the fear of woman's heart,
And a dream of the night, Deirdre.'
- Celtic faery-tale.

NOTE: this is a fanciful story and does not depict, suggest or condone real-life behaviour.
Moderately risqué content - sexual situations, alcohol abuse, drugs, impolite language, violence (alá BBFC '15' rating).

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