Billy Martin runs from home, burying his past in the quest for a future. He finds himself in Queensland’s spectacular Gulf Country, on the sprawling cattle runs. The Gulf breeds tough men and Billy is quickly drawn to the excitement and adventure of working with the fiery cattleman and ex-con Blake Reilly and his daughter, Jo.

Billy finds mateship, danger and romance in the Gulf, but he also finds an untamed and violent land. In the brooding heat and unpredictable storms, the future he had sought unfolds - in ways as turbulent and unexpected as the country itself - and Billy discovers a place where he can at last belong.