After the World War II Australia is invaded and occupied by the cruel 'Paramount Power' from the Asia. The Cambasians rule Australia by the treaty made in the war and 'white population' of the country has gone from 7 to 2 million. In 1966, after some twenty years of long guerilla war and many lost battles, Australian people are ready to win the Pacific War and be independent again.

Erle Cox (1873-1950) was an Australian journalist and science fiction writer. In 1921, Cox joined the editorial staff of The Argus newspaper as a writer of special articles and book reviewer; later he was the principal movie critic. He is best known for Out of the Silence, a science fiction novel set in Australia.