Queen of the North Forest: Book 1 of the Lin Beibei Trilogy

Lin has her life laid out--college career husband child an apartment in Shanghai--neat complete and predictable. That is until she finds herself in ancient Australia leading a messy mob of endangered animals on a touch-and-go trek to safety. For help she has a large incontinent wombat a smart bandicoot a ravenous kangaroo four fierce fighting birds and Arben a young man whose spirit and savvy upend Lins ideas about love life and sacrifice. Smart lively and entertaining. An extraordinary story - part romance part adventure - the student heroine gets sucked through a space portal to find herself out of her comfort zone and well out of smartphone range in a world of mega-marsupials some of which want to kill her while others need her help. She survives through resources of toughness bravery and imagination she never knew she had - and the help of a young man who steals her heart. - Julie Postance author of Breaking the Sound Barriers Exciting engrossing and unique. Many Australian stories go bush and this one does too; but dont go looking for squatters or sheep here. The young heroine is dumped into the Aussie bush soon after the arrival of the first people. She finds herself shepherding a herd of larger-than-life creatures toward a mysterious place while fending off unimaginable enemies the like of which shes never seen. - Amanda J Spedding two-time Australian Shadows Award winner