One day. One nation. One impossible choice.
On the morning of Australia's first Republic Day, Merindah Bradley should be preparing to unite a divided nation. Instead, she's bracing herself for a storm of threats, hate and conspiracy theories. She's trying to steady her hands before stepping into the spotlight of the largest crowd of her life. She is the country's first Indigenous Head of State. An icon to some. A traitor to others. Every word she speaks is live-streamed to a nation still arguing over whether she should exist at all. As crowds flood Canberra, and the cameras roll, a coordinate threat begins to surface, one capable of destroying the fragile new Republic before it can take its first breath.
By the end of the day, Merindah will be forced to make an impossible choice: protect her son, hold onto her presidency or save the future of the country she loves.