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February 20th, 2008 13:53:06

Some years ago in Kakadu National Park, Australia, I was crawling beneath the overhang of a cave. On facing outwards, I was shocked to discover a rather frightening wall painting of some odd-looking stick-men surrounded by a trio of fossils. This led me to investigate, after which I found the artwork was by an old Aboriginal fellow named Marwai (in reality, his apprentice, Yirawala, was to become 'The Picasso of Australia').
Digging deeper, I discovered more; Kutji Spirits, alien encounters and the like.

Which led to me writing StarChild, the third of my novels.

It's completed now, and will (as soon as I pluck up the courage and some accompanying words!) face the camera and do a scintillating video. I'd love to know if the following hooks anyone:

When a pair of Australian teenagers stumble upon an ancient Australian cave painting, the discovery cracks open a modern day Pandora?s box involving NASA, a killer on the run, a UFO and tantalizing evidence of Man's origin.

On a routine mission, NASA?s space shuttle detects an orbiting pod. Unknown to them, it contains the remains of an ancient artist, a trio of fossils and a menacing Aboriginal spirit who?s instinct is to cause havoc. That?s when extraterrestrials communicate a demand to NASA for the manufacture a miniature star.

Three years later, space shuttle Endurance gains orbit to make delivery of StarChild. But a blunder in space ensues; the shuttle crash-lands, sinking into a river delta near remote Australian town Useless Loop. The orbiting pod hurtles into the sea nearby. Nothing except stranded tourist David Blake -- on the run from a killer -- can prevent catastrophe as aliens materialize to collect what is theirs.