I suppose I only became conscious of the grey nomads when I became one. […] Some grey nomads are on the road for up to two years as they follow the seasons — Broome and the Kimberley during the dry season, or Far North Queensland from the Gold Coast up to escape the southern winter. Then a stately migration south — most caravanners only notch up about 300 kilometres a day — to Victoria and Tasmania, or the Margaret River area of Western Australia, for the cooler climes in high summer.

The encores were numerous.

This was during Kerik’s happier, preindictment era.

The sergeant was a goner. There was only one way to save him, and he threw himself on top, hurling the man to the ground.