Book VII of The Great South Land saga. Set in the goldfields of 1850s Victoria, when the world heard of the golden land and came in their thousands to seek their fortunes. The clash of personalities and events in this fevered, frenzied time was to culminate in the historic Eureka Stockade. Sally May Lorne - beautiful, illiterate and almost alone in the world is a part of this background - her fortunes become linked to the once-wealthy Montcains and in particular with Richard Temple, husband of the strange Arlene Montcain. Martha and Henry Gubby make an appearance as well.