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Antipodes
Series · 7 books · 2020-2023

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Antipodes

Crossroads

2020

Driven and focussed, Freyja Jorgensen has her life mapped out – vet school, and a rewarding career. Then one lie derails her plans and sets her on a new path. As an outbreak threatens the planet, she is selected to help form a modern sustainable community with a group of highly skilled young people. Hiding from her past, Freyja struggles to connect until she meets Cam, with demons of his own. Crossroads is the exciting prequel to the Antipodes series. The Antipodes series is a unique work of fiction, set in present-day post-apocalyptic Australia. Aimed at new adults who are disillusioned with our world, and concerned for the ecological future of our planet, Antipodes focuses on the values our society lacks–sustainability, inclusion, community and friendship.
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Project Hemisphere

2020

Antipodes is a unique work of fiction, set in present-day post-apocalyptic Australia. Aimed at young adults who are disillusioned with our world, and concerned for the ecological future of our planet, Antipodes focuses on the values our society lacks-sustainability, inclusion, community and friendship. Cam Mackintosh is in his last year of a science degree at Melbourne University when he is offered the opportunity of a lifetime, the chance to help establish an entirely sustainable community on an island off the coast of Australia following a deadly outbreak. The community is presented with a clean slate; a completely new eco-village, protected from the outside world, but with much of the knowledge and technology of today. The community on August Island thrives and is established on modern values of gender equality and cultural inclusion. In their second year, Cam overcomes his personal challenges and finds love with Freyja. Life is idyllic until Freyja goes missing. Cam follows her to Scotland using Antipodes, an ancient secret, referenced by many cultures throughout history. There he connects with sustainable community on the island of Lewis, much like his own. Strangers become friends, and he realises he has found his forever home, the place where he is genuinely "of the land". His new friends include Fraser, who shares his passion for sustainable agriculture and Laetitia, a psychologist turned teacher with a challenging past. Despite his contentment, his loyalty and commitment to Freyja continue to haunt him, and Cam travels outside the protection of the communities in search of Freyja and other communities like theirs. This book will appeal to readers who enjoy the environment-centred work of Margaret Atwood such as Oryx and Crake, or work by Piers Torday, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Sarah Crossan's Breathe.
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The Space Between

2021

What would YOU sacrifice for family? Content in his new life on Lewis, Cam learns that someone he loves may still be alive. Compelled to embark on a monumental journey, he discovers the true value of family and loyalty in a bleak and challenging world. The Liminal Space is the second novel in the Antipodes series. This series asks, "If we had the opportunity to start over, would we? Or is our society destined to make the same mistakes?"
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Infinity

2021

What value do YOU place on friendship? Heartbroken, Cam leaves his home in search of answers. His journey presents new challenges and opportunities, making new friends and reuniting with old ones. Just as Cam and Freyja’s life comes full circle, their friends and community are threatened, forcing them to defend those they love. In this third instalment of the Antipodes series, friendships are tested when the horrifying truth of why they were chosen is discovered.
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Circle of Protection

2021

What would YOU risk for those you love? Sometimes traditions shouldn’t be forgotten. Going back to their Gaelic roots, the community entrusts their safety to the circle of protection the Caim provides. As it envelops them, Freyja and Cam are blissfully happy. Living with their family and friends in their isolated community on Lewis, they finally feel safe and content. But when old acquaintances arrive with shocking news, they leave their safety behind as they try to learn the truth of why they were chosen, and what diabolical plans the scientific communities have designed, just for them… Love, loyalty, and friendships are tested in this thrilling fourth instalment of the Antipodes series.
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Sessrumnir

2022

What would YOU do to protect your children? In Norse mythology, Sessrúmnir is the goddess Freyja's hall where her chosen ones live in their afterlife. For the residents of Lewis, it is no different. Six years after the end of Caim, life in the sustainable community has settled into a sense of routine. But when children are attacked by an unknown enemy, Cam and Freyja must reunite to save their family and protect their children. The couple is forced to take drastic action. Joining with friends new and old, they rush to discover who is behind the threat to their peaceful existence and eliminate it before it claims more lives. Crossing oceans and spanning continents, they know they must journey to seek out the danger, and put an end to it, once and for all. Love, loss, and relationships are challenged in the fifth and final installment of this romantic science fiction series.
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The 45th Parallel

2023

Would YOU abandon your destiny? Growing up on Lewis, Caitlin and Seraphine’s lives are ordered and calculated. Immune children, they were created by the previous regime for the sole purpose of ensuring the survival of the human race. A virus has decimated the planet and their destiny weighs heavily. With only a few surviving communities left on earth, their role in re-settling the world is critical. But what if you reject the purpose your existence is designed to address? In this thrilling new Antipodes series, join Cait and Sera as they reactivate the Nexus and embark on a thrilling journey, discovering fascinating new worlds, and in the process, endangering not only themselves but everyone they have ever loved.

Author

T.S. Simons
T.S. Simons
Author · 8 books

T.S. Simons is an award winning Australian-based author of Scottish heritage. Living in the alpine region of Australia, she believes in the values of integrity, sustainability, and community in a world where we place greater value on possessions than people. She enjoys posing philosophical questions that make readers think and reflect on the world we live in. The Antipodes series addresses the question—if we gave young people the opportunity to start over, would they replicate the mistakes of the past? She holds Bachelor and Master’s degrees, post-graduate qualifications in governance and management, and is an accredited company director. She is an Australia Reads Ambassador and enjoys reading, traveling, mythology, and snow skiing while attempting to live as sustainably as possible with her partner and children. She is owned by a standard schnauzer, fox red Labrador and three rescue cats who co-manage her household. The Antipodes series comprises the international award-winning Project Hemisphere, The Space Between, Infinity, Circle of Protection, and Sessrumnir. The 45th Parallel series comprises The 45th Parallel, Orenda, and Bifrost. She is working on the fourth book in this series, Triple Helix, and a prequel to Project Hemisphere - Crossroads.

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