The Tribe 1

“There will come a day when a thousand Illegals descend on your detention centres. Boomers will breach the walls. Skychangers will send lightning to strike you all down from above, and Rumblers will open the earth to swallow you up from below ... And when that day comes, Justin Connor, think of me.”


Ashala Wolf has been captured by Chief Administrator Neville Rose. A man who is intent on destroying Ashala’s Tribe – the runaway Illegals hiding in the Firstwood. Injured and vulnerable and with her Sleepwalker ability blocked, Ashala is forced to succumb to the machine that will pull secrets from her mind. And right beside her is Justin Connor, her betrayer, watching her every move. Will the Tribe survive the interrogation of Ashala Wolf?


The first book in a thrilling dystopian trilogy by Indigenous Australian author Ambelin Kwaymullina, The Tribe 1: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf will grip young adult fiction readers from the first page. With a dollop of adventure and a dash of romance, this novel was short-listed in both the Science Fiction and Young Adult categories of the 2012 Aurealis Awards. Find out what happens next in The Disappearance of Ember Crow (Book 2) and The Foretelling of Georgie Spider (Book 3). Join The Tribe at  http://www.thefirstwood.com.au/