Coral Sea Story

Young Duncan Ross thinks hes on his way to Sydney to be a clerk. How wrong could he
be? A chance meeting with an attractive woman on a coach and Duncan fi nds himself
on the high seas heading for the Coral Sea and adventure.
In the company of swashbucklers and desperadoes of every description Duncan braves
storm, shipwreck, sharks, crocodiles, massacre and decapitation in this epic romance of
survival amongst the head-hunters of the Torres Strait.
The tale plays out along golden beaches and on tropical islands washed by the crystalline
waters of the Coral Sea. It is a region of extraordinary beauty and danger as Duncan
discovers whilst wending his cautious way betwixt piratical thugs on the one hand and
ferocious natives on the other.
More than a simple adventure Coral Sea Story brings alive those frantic days when the
Queensland frontier was wild; when fortune-seekers and squatters, and drunken captains
and pearl-divers, and South Sea Island sailors and Torres Strait warriors battled for control
of the Coral Sea and its riches.
This is Australian history as youve never seen it; big, bold and a ripping yarn.