Gems, Love, Artists and a Golden Lion. Australia and South Africa 1880-1902. Jeweller, Jonty Evans’ passion for gems takes him to Africa at a volatile time. He finds the diamonds he’s looking for and gets given a lion cub. Jonty is held, hostage. His experiences in the Transvaal plunge him into questioning everything he knows of life. Soon nightmares haunt him. On return home, he nearly messes up his love life before it even starts and he struggles to settle. It is his wife’s father, Luke Lockley from Parramatta, who takes him in hand and points him to some who can help. He’s recalled to Africa as a liaison and reconnects with his lion, Chimbu when he saves the life of his security detail. His life journey introduces him to the most amazing Heidelberg artists, politicians, poets, rebels, and the scapegoat soldier Harry Morant. Can Jonty bury past and regain the peace he’s lost?
