Set in Adelaide in the mid-1990s, and inspired by a real news story in which two boys stole a bus and drove it up the South Eastern Freeway.
Also in 2006, Shillitoe's agent and Altair Australia publisher, Robert N Stephenson, rebranded and republished the original Andrakis series as The Waking Dragon, A Maker of Kings and Dragonlord War in 2006 with cover artwork by Finnish artist, Kirsi Salonen.
Set in South Australia, teenager Josh is confronted by a ghost on his Uncle's farm who leads him to unravelling a series of family mysteries, including a murder, his father's bisexuality, relationships with friends, and his own identity.
Set at the close of World War Two, and running through the post-war austerity years to 1953, the novel explores the challenges facing a young woman coming of age in Australia.
The Andrakis fantasy series follows the interwoven fates of the central characters, Andra – a warrior with a prophetic future, and A Ahmud Ki – a sorcerer determined to become a dragonlord.
The Andrakis world and many of the characters originated from a host of Dungeons and Dragons style games that Shillitoe created and ran for several playing groups throughout the 1980s.
Book one, The Amber Legacy, focuses on the fate of Meg Farmer, a 16yo girl who discovers that she has inherited magical skill from her line of ancestors who are introduced in the Ashuak Chronicles and is the only person who can intervene in the impending doom facing her people.