Pemulwuy, the Rainbow Warrior, led his people in the grim struggle against the British invaders from 1788 until his death in 1802. At the time, the British not only tried to destroy him and his people, but also attempted to obliterate evidence of his very existence.
In this his first novel, Eric Willmot, a prominent member of the Australian Aboriginal community, reveals the dark story of those early years of conflict and tells the story of the man who became the first Australian patriot.