About the Book
A forgotten fragment of Australia’s past inspires a powerful novel … It is 1899, and one of the fiercest storms in history is brewing – a hurricane named Mahina. To a remote part of the Queensland coast come the hundreds of sails of the northern pearling fleets, and a native policeman trying to solve a murder. Nearly two thousand men, women and children are gathering around Cape Melville, in the path of a storm that is about to cause Australia’s deadliest natural disaster. Based on real events, this is the story of an unstoppable force of nature.
Product Details
- ISBN: 9780732283667
- ISBN 10: 0732283663
- Imprint: HarperCollins – AU
- On Sale: 01/09/2008
- Pages: 384
- BISAC1: Fiction & related items / Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)