Making a promise to protect his Mother and Sisters from his violent Father, Martin is able to escape with them and board a ship for Australia. Landing in Albany, he is betrayed and not able to get work to lay the new Rail line. After traveling to Perth with his Sister Sophie they meet Ben and Charlie and head for the New Gold Fields of Golden valley Forging Friendships and making enemies along the way A story of the perils in the early years of the Western Australian Goldfi elds