Community & Business
14 April, 2022
Young up and coming Oakey author
Oakey resident Abigail Flaherty is set to publish her first novel at just the age of 16-years-old.
Ms Flaherty’s book, ‘Clandestine The Dawn’, is a fictional adventure-romance novel suitable for readers aged 8 to 16 years.
The novel revolves around three high school friends faced with the challenge of becoming junior FBI agents.
The three students must decide what is right when their loyalties are challenged after it’s revealed who they’re really working for.
Ms Flaherty said the book is currently in the printing stages and will be published with Singapore based company Partridge Publishing.
“I wrote this book about two years ago in the space of about four months,” she said.
“I never intended to have it published when I first started writing it, but I’ve had it sitting around for quite some time and decided why not get it published.
“It’d be great to have something I’ve worked hard on actually turned into an actual book.
Ms Flaherty said despite the book being aimed at younger readers, the book is enjoyable for everyone to read.
“It’s not too long, only 108 pages,” she said.
“I’m currently working on a sequel and have plans for a third book, making it a trilogy.
“I’m not sure if I want to be an author.
“I just really enjoy writing.
“Originally the idea behind the book was inspired by a conversation I had with my friends at school one day joking about how we would hypothetically rob a bank.
“I just thought it would be funny and interesting to write a book about it.”
The book is available for purchase online at https://www.partridgepublishing.com/en-sg by searching the word ‘Clandestine’.
