Ray Scott

A mysterious group prepares to carry out a ruthless terrorist attack... Geoff Miller, a Melbourne loss adjuster, is investigating a Workers Compensation claimant, suspected of rorting the system. He follows him to a remote Victorian country property where he observes the claimant, and others, on an obstacle course. Whilst videoing the claimant from a distance, Miller realises he's stumbled across a private army or terrorist group, but whilst filming is caught in the act. His disappearance causes his employers to contact authorities, which in turn leads to ASIO who are investigating an imminent suspected political assassination of a visiting foreign dignitary. Miller's disappearance appears to connect with their own investigation. There is a thrilling race against time to find Miller and prevent the assassination attempt.

A relaxing round of golf is interrupted by an assassin with mysterious motivations... Two golfers playing a round of golf are shot at by a sniper. Investigation indicates the shots came from a knot of trees alongside one of the fairways. Days later one of the players, Philip Meredith, is nearly run down in the street, a week later he is again shot at whilst on a sales trip in a country area of Victoria. Being an upright citizen with, he believes, no enemies he is utterly perplexed by these attacks. During one attack he hears one of his given names uttered by one of his attackers, so he is definitely their selected target, but why? Then he receives a message from a stranger who says he has the answer to the mystery, but during their meeting they realise they are both at risk. There is an exciting chase as they are pursued through country Victoria to Melbourne by an organization determined to kill them both. Meredith has to reach London, alive, before everything can be resolved.

A memoir of hard lessons learned in the racially segregated and sometimes outright racist NBA of the early '60s by celebrated NBA player and the first Black Coach of the Year, Ray Scott. Introduced by Earl the Pearl Monroe. "There's a basic insecurity with Black guys my size," Scott writes. "We can't hide and everybody turns to stare when we walk down the street. ... Whites believe that their culture is superior to African-American culture. ... We don't accept many of their] answers, but we have to live with them." Ray Scott was part of the early wave of Black NBA players like Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who literally changed how the game of professional basketball is played--leading to the tremendously popular financial blockbuster the NBA is today. Scott was a celebrated 6'9" forward/center after being chosen by the Detroit Pistons as the #4 pick of the 1961 NBA draft, and then again after he was named head coach of the Pistons in October 1972, winning Coach of the Year in the spring of 1974--the first black man ever to capture that honor. Scott's is a story of quiet persistence, hard work, and, most of all, respect. He credits the mentorship of NBA player and coach Earl Lloyd, and talks about fellow Philly native Wilt Chamberlain and friends Muhammad Ali and Aretha Franklin, among many others. Ray has lived through one of the most turbulent times in our nation's history, especially the time of assassinations of so many Black leaders at the end of the 1960s. Through it all, his voice remains quiet and measured, transcending all the sorrows with his steadiness and positive attitude. This is his story, told in collaboration with the great basketball writer, former college player and CBA coach Charley Rosen.