Taronga is a novel written by Victor Kelleher, which is set in Australia in 1987, two years after last days, a tragedy caused by Chernobyl. Similarly, the novel ‘Children of the Dust’ written by Louise Lawrence is also about a disaster cause by a nuclear war, set in England. The weak are killed and the strong become stronger as the human race fights for survival. The themes, characters and relationships are similar and different in both novels. These two books have many groups and themes represented which coincide or repel each other. In Taronga, the main characters, Ben, Ellie, Molly, Steve, Chas, and raja, are present throughout the book. Ben and Ellie fight for survival in Tar