Undercurrent
The Hidden Cost of Going Undercover
$32.75
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
28 July 2026
Summary
The city pulled him in. The lie pulled him under.
Undercurrent is a first-hand account of what happens when a police officer disappears into an undercover identity and stays there too long.
Brisbane, mid-1990s. Jason Somerville is a young Queensland police officer who never planned on joining the force, let alone working covert operations. After a routine buy-bust draws attention to his instincts on the street, he is selected for undercover work and g…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923514928 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 192351492X |
| Author: | Jason Somerville |
| Publisher: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Imprint: | Big Sky Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 350g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Jason Somerville
About the Author
Jason Somerville is an Australian writer and filmmaker whose work draws directly from lived experience inside policing and undercover operations. He served more than a decade with the Queensland Police Service, including time working covert roles during the mid 1990s, where he operated under long-term assumed identities in drug and serious crime investigations.
After leaving the police, Jason transitioned into writing and screen-based storytelling, focusing on identity, deception, and the quiet psychological cost of institutional work. His writing is grounded, observational, and restrained, shaped by real events rather than genre tropes. He approaches crime not as spectacle, but as a human system where intention, morality, and consequence rarely align neatly.
Jason’s work spans long-form nonfiction, screenwriting, and film development, with projects recognized through Australian and international screenplay platforms and festivals. Undercurrent is his first book, written as both a standalone literary work and a screen-adaptable narrative, offering an unfiltered account of undercover life and the personal erosion that comes with living someone else’s identity.
Jason lives in Brisbane, Australia.
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