Gary Taaffe: 24 books

Entombed and doomed to digestion down the bowels of hell itself, Billy and Amber must escape or die. The orphans, abandoned again, must set aside their differences and put into practice what Billy has taught them. Or starve. And is the honeymoon over already? Can the Bullies save their...

Billy’s gotta find some girls. The problem is he’s an Aborigine from the Australian bush and all he’s got to wear is a loincloth. Not a good look in the city. And what’s worse, he’s never even seen a girl before. Could life get anymore difficult? Why yes it could. Billy could fall in love...

URBAN HUNTERS COLLECTION BOOKS 1 TO 3 Life was normal for Billy, living hidden in the bush with the last of his kind. Until the spirit of his mother told him in a dream to go Walkabout where the whitefellas live. Find some girls or watch his clan die out, ending the Dreamtime forever. He...

Billy and Amber go up against the dreaded dog catcher with a hot pursuit leading them into a creepy, rundown old orphanage where they find themselves under attack by a savage pack. Lives will be lost in this heart pounding edge of your seat episode. “Way beyond wonderful. A spine–tingling...

Every orphan needs a dad, so why not use Billy’s? He’s in the bush somewhere, so Billy leads his new friends into the never–never to find him: nine young shoeless orphans, ten if you include Amber, plus four dogs and a baby kangaroo. What could possibly go wrong? How about a kidnapping?...

Final Straw takes a step back in time to reveal what led to Amber seeking shelter in a cardboard box down a rat–infested alley wearing nothing more than a bloodied pair of pink pyjamas. Her idyllic life is turned on its head in a horrible twist of fate. She comes face to face with a cruel...

Billy arrives in the city to mixed reactions: he has to fight off a mongrel old man, he makes a gruesome discovery in a barrel at the tip and wolf–whistles leave leave him confused over the appeal of his bare bum. That’s all easy, until he meets Amber down a rat–infested alley. “It...

The clan face a dilemma — Billy doesn’t want to go on his Walkabout yet and besides, he hasn’t even been initiated into a man. Can hardly blame him, they want to use the slice of a knife where no boy wants a knife to go. The spirit of his mother forces the issue with a violent attack by a giant...

Billy’s found a girl but what to do with her? A dinner date! Great idea, nothing like a freshly roasted rat over the coals on a starry night. Very romantic. Norm the council worker doesn’t think so though, he wants them out of his park! Until he sees what’s for breakfast. Yummo! And those loveable...

Turns out that shoving a fishing spear into a mongrel old man’s leg has its consequences. His son wants revenge, forcing Amber to come to Billy’s rescue. A brutal battle ensues leaving Amber with blood on her hands now too. Billy tidies up the mess with a lesson in respect that will leave you...