RRP is $25.00 and $6.00 from each sale goes into supporting primary school students. In particular I’m supporting the chaplaincy at Albany Hills and Kurwongbah state schools.

For what it’s worth, I’ll autograph any orders for Shooting Script and Tiger Stripe,  and mail them out for an extra $2.50.

Drop me a line spunyarn@bigpond.net.au  

“…Tiger Stripe takes me right back. Every line of this page-turner resonates with the sights, sounds and smells of my former career. Phil Smith has captured the essence of what it is to live and work at the leading edge of Australia’s defence effort in a time when so much of our world just ‘aint a safe place to be…”

(Major) Andrew Edwards, Former paratrooper and commando.

“Smith’s Tiger Stripe is more than great fiction. It is a window that allows the reader to peer into a believable MOOTW mission to view Marine and Australian leaders juggling a myriad of political and operational chainsaws. Smith’s unique background as an RAAF Special Reservist and Australian Broadcasting Corporation correspondent is evident in his attention to detail and the adroit manner in which he weaves political, military and media considerations on top of a great action story.”

Capt. Joe Plenzler USMC III MEF.

“…his novel manages to cram enough tension and action to place him in the same league as the American big names in the field, but with the difference that his central characters, both the good guys and the baddies, are Australian…”

David Wadham, Toowoomba Chronicle

“…Smith’s novel puts Australian heroes on an international powder keg, drawing on his own experience in East Timor, Bougainville and South East Asia. Move over Uncle Sam…”

The Weekender, Rockhampton Morning Bulletin

“Those who enjoy fast-paced ripping yarns finally have an Australian author in this genre writing Aussie stories.”

Aero Australia magazine Oct/Dec 2004

“…ripping yarn of Aussie heroes and international intrigue…”

Brisbane News

“…Phil is one of those Defence people who thought that writing a book would be a good idea — then actually did it. All the way through soldiers, sailors and air people alike will be able to identify with the kit, the locations and the lingo. It really is a book catered for our type of people…”

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