Publisher's Synopsis
This fast-paced adventure story tells the tale of a man sailing home from the Australian gold fields, flat broke, when he is thrown into a wild adventure. The man, Mr. Cole, Mr. Cole falls in love with Eva Denison, a beautiful and accomplished young woman traveling with her exotic Portuguese step-father. After a disaster at sea Cole returns to anonymity in London... or so he thinks. Events lead to the discovery of a horrible conspiracy, and then to an adventure that may cost Cole his greatest love.
