Ben Retallick
In the tin mines of Cornwall during the decades of the nineteenth century, death is the constant companion of the working man. Ben Retallick has grown to sturdy manhood among the miners and fisherfolk, through the hard and hungry years when blood was often the price of bread.
When cruel fate steals away Jesse, his dark-eyed love, Ben searches the hiring fairs to find her again, knowing nothing of her parentage and caring only for the day he'll make her his wife.Chase the Wind
John Retallick, a hardy son of a respected Cornish family, and the wild Miriam, daughter of a drink-sodden copper miner, explore together the secret places and wild creatures of Bodmin Moor, unaware that fate will soon sweep them apart.
Yet destiny brings them together again and again through hard and bitter years when the forces of poverty and power fight to crush the sturdy mining folk who refuse, come what may, to see their spirit broken...
