Cirrus@Austlit

Publisher's blurb states: 'The story of ruthless men to whom the shedding of human blood is reckoned of little account. A grim passage in the not-so-distant history of a young country out to exploit the wealth of its tropic north. Will Lawson unfolds a sensational picture of unwilling slaves jammed tight in the hell holes deep in the bowels of the slave ships with death a constant companion. Here's the story of man's inhumanity to man. Here, too, lies a strange mateship of love and death. It's a story that will hold your interest from beginning to end, and send you out looking for other works of this well-known author.'