True Wild Light

Official Author Website of Geoffrey Price

red moth from cover of Geoffrey Price's novel True Wild Light
Front cover of Geoffrey Price's novel True Wild Light

Prepare to think.
Prepare to question.
Prepare for ‘True Wild Light’.

Thrilling and humorous, True Wild Light is not just a novel about a world in crisis — the enemy is not what you think. Laugh until you weep as the novel exposes the beliefs we cling to, the hidden secrets that shape our lives, distort our past, and blind us to what’s coming.

Bringing to light the long forgotten ‘Gorilla Wars’ fought at the Australian Museum in 1870,  the story imagines the impact down the generations to today, part thriller, part mirror of us all, exposing our shadows.

A therapist and executive coach, is on a collision course with the CEO of a fossil fuel company intent on fracking sacred Aboriginal land. As they move closer to a surprising reckoning they can’t yet see, both are captured by the enemy within. The unforgettable characters don’t just stumble into disaster— they are led there unaware, by beliefs about who they are and must be. Beliefs more important to cling to at all costs, despite the huge losses they create.

Written by a psychotherapist, structured like therapy and just as non-linear, unsettling, and necessary, True Wild Light peels back the layers of its characters, unveiling a web of denial, self-deception and the invisible bars of shadow, which transport those unaware, not to destiny, but to their fate. A fate found not in the stars, but in the parts of ourselves we refuse to look at.

True Wild Light is unquestionably a story whose time has come. A story to sit with long after the final page. Not an escape from men, but a call to them.

You’ll find yourself drawn in while being thoroughly entertained by the story’s unique characters and surprising turns. Uncover the secrets hidden within this captivating story and perhaps yourself.

“True Wild Light is a book which I continually think about as daily, digitisation and artificial intelligence is leading humankind away from nature, harmony and compassion. Geoff has written an extraordinarily original, sad, yet compelling story. This storyline is brilliant.”

DAVID VAUX, FATHER AND INVESTOR

“Really good true story. Important for Yolngu and all the world’s people.”

TIMMY BURARRWANGA, YOLNGU TRADITIONAL ELDER

True Wild Light is a startling discovery, appearing at the perfect time. Its insights into the reasons for the deeply disturbing state of humanity, are profound. The originality and beguiling alchemy of the writing also generate a plethora of insights into one’s self, that usually take years of expensive therapy to unlock.”

RANALD ALLAN, WRITER AND EDITOR

“If you liked The Overstory, you’ll like this.”

red moth from cover of Geoffrey Price's novel True Wild Light

“Many crisis in our lives have a long unconscious history. Captive, we move towards them step by step, unaware of the dangers that are accumulating.”

JOSEPH L. HENDERSON

“The object of all psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best.”

PAUL VALERY