ALBERT OF ADELAIDE follows the story of a duck-billed platypus who escapes from Australia's Adelaide Zoo and embarks on a journey through the outback in search of "Old Australia," a land of liberty, promise, and peace. As his world expands, he encounters a motley assortment of characters, including a pyromaniac wombat, a pair of invariably drunk (and vaguely gay) bandicoots, some dingoes, a group of kangaroos, and a wrestling Tasmanian devil. Along the way, this unlikely hero discovers a strength and skill for survival he never knew he possessed. At once an old-fashioned-buddynovel- shoot-em-up and a work of deliciously imagined fantasy, ALBERT OF ADELAIDE is a haunting story of a world where something has gone horribly awry.