Could a successful female Melbourne doctor be as vulnerable as an orphaned girl from remote Pakistan? L. P. McMahon takes us on a remarkable read through the circumstances of life and surgery in 'As Swallows Fly'.We can often drive ourselves to the edge in our search for identity and meaning. Both Ethan and Harry, half-brothers, find themselves on the brink of emotional, moral and physical crisis in Christopher Hawke’s novel, “The Miscreants’.