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Off the Rails

An Australian novel by Jet Williams

Book cover of Off the Rails featuring a photograph of a Sydney urban explorer at a city train station. Off The Rails Back Cover

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Releases December 9, 2025

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The Story

After a fifteen-year-old boy discovers a graffiti blackbook, his eyes are opened to the unseen world of Sydney. As his interest in rugby league fades, he finds himself drawn to a different path to his peers. Armed with a spray can and a camera, he ventures deep into the world of graffiti and urban exploration. He explores abandoned buildings, scales rooftops and runs through active train tunnels. In Sydney's forgotten spaces, he finds an unexpected community who see the city as he does. Not just as a place to live, but as a place of immense beauty, above and below. But when his search for belonging is mistaken as rebellion, he's forced to question everything.

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Author Jet Williams, Sydney writer and artist

About the Author

Jet Williams is a multidisciplinary artist and writer from Sydney whose work spans literature, digital media, and visual arts. Drawing on experiences from Australia’s landscapes to global travels, he creates work that blends storytelling, philosophy, and reflection. His practice is less about labels and more about sparking dialogue, growth, and human connection.

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Disclaimer: Off the Rails is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events, locations, or organizations is purely coincidental. The story, characters, and settings are products of the author’s imagination.


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