Flames

by Robbie Arnott · 2018

When Levi McAllister sets out to build a coffin for his sister Charlotte, she bolts away, setting off a chain of uncanny quests across Tasmania’s wild coast. A water‑rat swims upriver in search of a cloud god, a fisherman named Karl partners with a seal to chase tuna, and a grieving father is reborn from flame. As these strange threads intertwine, the novel explores grief, love, and the stubborn ties that bind family together, all rendered in lyrical, nature‑rich prose. Robbie Arnford’s debut, Flames, is a hauntingly original journey that sings with both joy and sorrow, inviting readers to follow its circular pilgrimage through a landscape as mythic as it is real.