Book 2, in the Lockley’s of Parramatta series. It’s the 1840s and discoveries across the Blue Mountains continue. Major Mitchells new road is complete, towns are planned and being built. Abundant land is available for those who want it. A former student of Rev WB Clarke, the father of Australian Geology, William Wills Lockley, 18, has laid a solid foundation for a career as a Blacksmith, but the Lockley lust for adventure flows deeply within his veins. He dreads the monotony of work at the Blacksmiths Forge and yearns for adventure in a new frontier. Wills meets six Englishmen who have the means to make his dreams come true. What they discover changes the Colony and their lives forever. Gold fever ensues. After he heads west, Wills has to deal with an uncertain romance.