Cirrus@Austlit

'From Australia's master storyteller Evan Green, author of such bestselling novels as Alice to Nowhere, Adam's Empire and Kalinda, comes an unforgettable epic - a story which will endure for all time.

'They say no one from the convict settlement of Sydney Town crossed the steep ranges of the Blue Mountains until 1813. But the quick-witted convict Clancy Fitzgerald did it in 1798, dragging with him the proud, but reluctant, Eliza Phillips.
'Failure meant the noose, so their only hope was to push forward, into the unknown. Faced with constant danger and wrenching isolation, Clancy and Eliza find themselves pale-skinned strangers in a land of ancient traditions and spiritual beliefs. But their destiny is dramatically altered when Clancy discovers a golden road to fortune and makes a triumphant return to white society as a new man - in more ways than one...
'Clancy's Crossing' is a captivating story of entangled love affairs and high adventure, of man's battle with nature and with himself. Never has this period of Australian history been so vividly and compellingly captured.' (Publication summary)

'Stephen Malek's got nothing to lose. Not even his life.
In a desperate race against time he embarks on an exhilarating and death defying global adventure . . .

'From the bestselling author of 'Bet Your Life' comes a blistering tale of heart stopping action.' (Publication summary)

'Nine-year old Adam is orphaned when his father is buried during an Australian desert sandstorm. A childhood of roaming the outback with his father's drilling partner instills in him a fierce determination to have a place of his own. In this fast-paced, gripping saga, the reader follows the hard-working Adam and his mates, Jimmy, the practical Aboriginal, and Josef, the impetuous young German immigrant, from the opal mines to the desert. They feint with death in mine disasters, at the hands of Mailey, the revenge-seeking law officer, and in the ravages of flash floods.' (Source: Goodreads website)