![]() Immediately, whispers from the townsfolk point to mutiny or murder, but headstrong Eliza knows her father she is sure he is still alive. ![]() SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZEĪs the pearling ships return to Bannin Bay after a long diving season, twenty-year-old Eliza Brightwell nervously awaits the arrival of her father's boat.īut when his lugger finally limps in, it brings with it a tale of tragedy- Charles Brightwell, master pearler, has gone missing at sea. ![]() I could not put this book down.' KELLY RIMMER Readers will fall in love with the characters in this book, especially the courageous, stubborn Eliza, and will find themselves transported to Bannin Bay in the late 1800s. Named one of the best historical fiction books of the year in The Times (UK). An exquisite historical novel set in a mesmerising yet unforgiving land, where both profit and peril lie deep beneath the ocean's surface. ![]()
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