Console

By Virginia Woolf and D. M. Wright

A single day, a thousand battles - and the courage to keep playing.

Every time David Galloway touches a doorknob, it explodes. A grenade that shatters into a million pieces and transports him back to Puckapunyal. He's stuck standing at the cold face of war. But the reality is this: he's no longer there anymore.

Far from the battlefield and so many years on, past trauma, relationship 'what ifs', and the ghost of an unwelcome singing soldier follow his every step as he tries to navigate life after battle. Now, a strained marriage and the trials and tribulations of fatherhood have left him directionless in his search for identity, unable to let go of what once was.

It's not just David who is struggling to distinguish his military past from the present. Old flames and brothers-in-arms are on a painfully similar journey. They carry the nostalgia heavily on their shoulders; painful, yet at times, with comforting familiarity. Console tells a story through the eyes of all who once fought alongside him so valiantly.

Personal struggles and relationships unfold like a game of skill, strategy and mental survival. In a world where past wounds feel like checkpoints and real-life dilemmas play out like side quests, Console challenges the boundaries between lived experience and play - forcing David to grapple with the greatest game of all: the fight to reclaim himself.

'Console' is a modern Australian 'Mrs Dalloway' told through the fractured interiority of veterans, families and the ghosts who follow them. It's a single-day journey where memory, trauma and connection collide across Adelaide.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GXLB1ZRL
• ISBN13: 9798255658473
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.0"