Sydney 1833. Daniel Johnson and Matthew Conway are currency lads born and bred in the new land now being called
Australia.
Daniel, ambitious and determined, escapes a brutal childhood to find wealth and success in the bustling maritime world and happiness in an unconventional love affair with an older woman. Matthew, well educated and fired by a passion for the
truth, becomes a journalist in his fathers news sheet. But will his desire to fight injustice jeopardise his family's
precarious position in society?
These two friends also share a secret that binds them together, their destinies intertwined as their lives and loves span two decades. But when they find themselves on opposite sides of a fierce conflict, their friendship is pushed to the very edge . . .
