A Handful of Dust

From Heaven to Hell via the First Fleet. After 85 years of penurious living for him and his ancestors, Thomas Nash is, on Michaelmas Day, 1786, to restore the family’s fortunes by paying the final instalment of a long-term loan. Instead, on that dat he is falsely accused of a crime, leading to transportation to New Holland. Worse, killers have been sent to ensure that neither he nor his wife, Martha, can ever return to reclaim his land. Lashings, deprivation, flying bullets and severe disfigurement attempt to crush his spirit, but never dampen his desire for vengeance.