AustLit

'Town and district residents are devastated when an unexplained tragedy on a deserted Western Downs country back-road claims two prominent people's lives.

'Did someone intend there to be three coffins?

'ADAM MANNN, now sole heir to the under-developed Majalin Downs, a riverfront cattle property, much coveted for its potential, is consumed by the mystery. Adam searches for answers.

'A traumatised 12 year old run-away boy complicates a difficult situation and Adam calls on his Fiance, KATE for her help. Daily, Adam and Kate face unknown threats.

'The dingos smell blood and circle for the final kill.' (Publication summary)

'Why abduct a small child from the heart of Queensland's Channel Country?

'Does the mother know, or even suspect the real reason?

'Being four hundred kilometres from the nearest lone Police officer, Myall Downs' own station hands must act.

'Instinctively, ADAM MANN, a tenacious, determined Aboriginal stockman and known black-tracker, relentlessly chases the villains, dogging them across some of Queensland's harshest and most beautiful terrain.

'ADAM MANN, defying the frustratingly slow, tantalizingly rule-bound authorities and Police - who have a poor record with Indigenous Australians - forces their hand through his actions. A compelling read.'  (Publication summary)

'Adam Mann hoped his life would soon return to normal with two men in prison awaiting trial for a frightening array of offences from A to M – Arson to Murder– of which he was the prime target. It took a final desperate act on the part of the murderous architect of those crimes for the awful truth to be revealed.' (Publication summary)

Life is not kind to Adam, a boy of Aboriginal heritage, left with his ageing grandmother in a small  Queensland town with no prospects and no money. After a traumatic experience with a relative, Adam left his old life behind and rode 30 miles in the heat to join his father in the life of droving.