No Clean Exit - now available

I’m pleased to share that my new novel, No Clean Exit, is now available in paperback and eBook format on Amazon and other online platforms.

This book explores a world where geopolitics, intelligence, and personal consequences collide.

At the centre of the story is the strategic landscape of the Indo-Pacific, including the AUKUS alliance, nuclear-powered submarines, and rising tensions surrounding Taiwan. These are issues that regularly appear in news headlines, but behind the language of strategy and deterrence lie real people working within complex institutions — people whose lives can be profoundly affected by decisions made far above them.

The novel follows Daniel Mercer, a senior submarine engineer working at the centre of Australia’s most sensitive defence programme. As tensions escalate internationally, Mercer becomes drawn into a series of professional conversations that appear entirely legitimate.

No secrets are exchanged.

No laws are broken.

Yet the margin between influence and espionage can be dangerously narrow.

As scrutiny begins, institutions in Canberra, Washington, and Beijing move quickly to protect themselves — and Mercer discovers that when powerful systems come under pressure, individuals can easily become expendable.

No Clean Exit is a serious contemporary thriller about loyalty, ambition, and the hidden cost of being useful in a world moving steadily toward confrontation.

Because when nations embrace brinkmanship, someone always pays.

You can find No Clean Exit here:

Published Books - No Clean Exit

Thank you to everyone who has followed the journey of this book over the past months. I hope you enjoy the story.