In 1930s Southern Rhodesia gold is found on a farm, but the all powerful British South Africa Company holds the mineral rights and its intervention could mean the loss of the farm. The farmer and his partner, Daniel Walker, decide to conceal the find and smuggle the gold to South Africa. Their initial effort is successful, but the district's senior police officer is determined to prevent the smuggling to the extent that it becomes an all-consuming obsession. Can they thwart the policeman or will their conflict end up in death and disaster for all?The story has all the elements of a first class thriller with suspense maintained at a nerve stretching level right to the last page.
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