Cirrus@Austlit

'Ethan Hunter can't believe what he's hearing. His life is in ruins. They family is broke. His Dad has legal problems and like it or not they're heading for the bush... No warning. No questions. No choices! Could life get any worse? Sure it can! He and his Mum have to move into is cousin Stephanie's spooky, tumbled-down old house. There he meets a magpie with a sharp beak and a long memory, and a horse that thinks it's a dog. So Hunter's on a mission, dragging Stephanie in his wake, and sweeping Grace and James along for the ride. Ethan gets more that he bargained for as he braves the forbidden caves in search of the Clarke Brothers' hidden bushranger stash. But what is significane of the eagle? And who is the dusky stranger watching from the shadows?'  (Publication summary)