MY FIRST PUBLICATION!
WHITE BUTTERFLY

Here it is, and yes, it's hard to believe after so many years of writing, researching, interviewing, re-writing, editing and so on, that White Butterfly, A journey out of the Philippines has finally made it to publication. This is a self-published effort, me as the Writer/Author and Luke the Narrator of his story. 

Almost six years ago I put myself to task and offered to help Luke write his story for what it was. He had already written his own diarised notes of the events that had touched both him and his family across in the Philippines. The accounts were so unbelievable that it screamed to be told so that readers could understand what goes on beyond our own shores, and how an everyday Australian can find himself so very deep within the unlikely corruption that eventually changes so many lives.

When I took on this task to place the events in some kind of order so it would make sense for the reader, it soon became apparent it was not going to be easy.  Luke and I spent countless hours going over every detail, only to uncover another and then yet another, and to say this guy has lived a colourful life, would be an understatement. 

During the time trying to gather all the information necessary to sort chapters and pull the story together, there were of course many roadblocks that would take much time then for researching and re-visiting with Luke to ensure I had everything right.

Although this is a story told from Lukes's perspective, I have written it trying to capture every moment as he described it happening, a hard arduous duty I hope reflects within the pages, and as such, some of the accounts will be seen as repetitious and written like that of a diary, but this has been done on purpose.    

STORY OUTLINE

When Luke returns from the Philippines to the Great Sandy Desert located in Western Australia following his marriage to Filipino wife Crystal, he finds himself caught-up in a bizarre series of life changing events that continue to haunt him.
Following an unexplained text message containing a photograph of a family members deceased child, it heralds the beginning to a chain of events that lead Luke to believe he has been assigned his very own guardian angel whose powers act as a mediumship during the most desperate times of need.
As his family in the Philippines endure more than forty-two kidnappings at the hands of the New People's Army and the brutal Abu Sayyaf militants, Luke must raise the money for each ransom to bring his family members home safely, holding little faith in the Anti-kidnapping Group (AKG) for help, fearful their involvement will only incite reprisal. But when there is no end in sight, Luke's life's savings quickly dissolve before he must turn to family and friends to help him, a burden that proves too much, eventually destroying the bond of both friendship and family.
When things can't seem any worse, old time friend Glenda goes missing presumed dead after she is set to inherit her late father's estate worth millions, and Luke is convinced he knows who is responsible.

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