Dear Father

by Jillian Brannock

Genres: Family Life; World War II; Suspense

Synopsis

A gripping thriller of belief and betrayal – where the need to belong becomes a dangerous faith. 

When Daniel’s father disappears, the world tilts. His mother retreats into silence, concealing a past Daniel barely understands. Years later, searching for meaning, he’s drawn to a man who calls himself Excalibur – a mentor, a saviour, a trap.

On a remote Tasmanian estate, Daniel joins a brotherhood devoted to purity and power. At its centre stands Rudolf Hoffman – charismatic, visionary, and the inheritor of an ideology that once condemned Daniel’s own blood.

As Daniel’s devotion deepens, the past begins to breathe again. Ideologies awaken. Love twists into control. And the question that has shadowed him all his life – what kind of father shapes what kind of son? – demands a final, devastating answer.

‘Dark, elegant, and disturbingly plausible.’

‘A mesmerising exploration of faith, control, and the echoes of history.’

‘A story of seduction, ideology, and the ghosts history refuses to bury.’
 

Release date: April 28, 2026

Publisher: Big Sky Publishing

Print pages: 352