Blood in the Dust

Blood in the Dust

Winner of a Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing prize

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WINNER OF THE BEST UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT OF THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE
'Essential reading for all adventure fans. Honour and courage in the wild and unpredictable Outback.' Wilbur Smith

1853, Victoria, Australia. Five bushrangers led by the murderous outlaw Warrigal Anderson raid a small homestead. When they ride away, nineteen-year-old Toby O'Rourke's life is changed forever. His parents lay dead at his feet and his brother, Patrick, is badly wounded.

But Toby O'Rourke is made of steel forged in the hardship of colonial life. Forced into adulthood, he and Patrick will seek to restore the family fortunes and outwit not only the rich businessman who conspired to rob them of their birth right, but the vicious men who murdered their parents . . .

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