The Target
Goal release date - September 2025
“I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, wasn’t I?”
As tensions between the government and the union movement reach breaking point, a state of emergency is declared to crush a wave of strikes threatening the economy. Investigative journalist Grace “Ace” Marks is in the thick of the action covering events, unaware she’s being shadowed by a US agent with a hidden agenda.
When a bomb rips through the Council of Trade Unions’ head office, Grace and the lawyer she’s meeting survive but are hospitalised.
The crude device, housed in an old suitcase, bears a striking resemblance to the still-unsolved 1984 Trades Hall bombing. As the SIS and police scramble to identify the copycat bomber, Marla Simmons, a former American operative forced into hiding, visits her injured friend in hospital. Marla tells Grace that the bombing doesn’t add up.
With the Government and media demanding results, the police and SIS desperately hunt for the bomber as the agent continues to track Grace.
Was Grace in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or exactly where she was meant to be?