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Verses for Harry
Paperback
Publisher Price: $42.00
ISBN13: 9781763563544
Publisher: Centred in Choice
Published: Dec 1 2025
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Verses for Harry by Heather Anne Gordon is a fierce, unapologetic verse novel that picks up the threads first woven in Desert Deluge, bringing back the characters of Harry, Geralt, and Morgan. In this new work, their stories are deepened, exploring how survival, desire, and art are forged in the fires of the Australian outback.
Harry, once a man shaped by flood and drought, returns. His hands marked by steel and sweat, but now his heart is tested by the heat of new love and the challenge of building art and intimacy. Amanda, his match in fire and tenderness, pushes him beyond routine, demanding not just passion but presence. Together they create a rhythm of survival that is as much about community as it is about lust. Or love.
Geralt, the steady copper whose voice once echoed through the storm of Desert Deluge, stands as a force of justice and reckoning. Geralt's presence in Verses for Harry is both anchor and catalyst, challenging the men around him to confront their own truths and failures. Geralt's discipline and quiet strength become a counterpoint to the chaos of desire and the reckoning of betrayal, especially as secrets unravel and loyalties are tested.
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