A stunning tale of intrigue and survival in the dusty outback, from the author of The Divine Wind.Rick s cousins are two specks floating on the horizon, leaving him far behind on the treacherous bush track. He looks at his punctured tyres in dismay. Ten kilometres. If he walks, he ll be too late to save them. If he runs, he ll expire in the heat.Somewhere across the flats, in between the red-dirt ...