Synopsis In the industrial wastelands of 1990s Brisbane, fifteen-year-old RAZE is a ghost. He haunts forgotten backstreets and grimy alleyways, chasing a high that only graffiti can provide. For RAZE, tagging isn't a crime; it's a defiant scream against a past that tried to erase him, a way to carve out a new identity where the old one was destroyed. But his search for a name in the city's concrete labyrinth pulls him into the orbit of a dangerous crew of older criminals working the meth trade. As RAZE's street art gives way to street crime, he finds himself on a slow, brutal descent. The fragile hope he finds in his relationship with Bree is fractured by his loyalty to the crew, a volatile mix of characters including the charismatic Lukey, the menacing Mitch, and the enigmatic Colin Mason. What begins as low-level courier work escalates to bomb drops and beatings, numbing RAZE until grief and trauma no longer register. His best friend Shaun dies of an overdose, and a girl named Lana, once his artistic muse and part-time girlfriend, disappears, leaving a ghost that haunts his every move. The true cost of his detachment becomes horrifically clear during a brutal job at a warehouse, where his complicity in a terrible act severs his last link to his former self. When he uncovers the crew's deepest betrayals, he realizes the truth behind the "jobs" is far more sinister than he could have imagined. With no way to get out clean, RAZE must choose between being a ghost of who he was and becoming a voice for the wreckage he's helped create. Dogwatch is a coming-of-age story where no one really comes of age, only older, harder, and more haunted. An Australian literary crime novel, it draws from the poetic grit of Trent Dalton and the raw fatalism of Benjamin Myers, reimagining the violent streetwise edge of Romper Stomper and The Rules of Backyard Cricket through the eyes of a graffiti artist. Author Bio Antony Lee Broad grew up in the suburbs of Brisbane, Australia, between the 1980s and 2000s, a formative era he draws upon heavily in his writing. With a background in logistics and a deep, first-hand knowledge of the city's subcultural arts scene, he brings a unique perspective to his work. His debut novel, Dogwatch, is a gritty literary crime novel that explores the underbelly of 1990s Brisbane through the eyes of a teenage graffiti artist. Antony's writing fuses cinematic tension with poetic prose, delving into themes of masculinity, loyalty, and survival.