'It's 1866 when former convict Ben Grant promises to deliver a secret package to a condemned bushranger's girlfriend on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. There he rescues Imogen O'Meara, beautiful young immigrant, from the clutches of some rough whalers and together they travel to Moonta, an early mining settlement where shadows from the past threaten to destroy their love and their hopes for the future. A novel full of pioneer spirit, love and deadly danger.' (Publication summary)
