‘You want to hear a story?’ ‘Eh?’ ‘This town, it’s full of stories.

Some Aboriginal, some white, some Malay and Indonesian.

All sorts of different ideas.

I reckon you might need to hear on of them.’

When the court sent Jamie Riley to Port Barren, he hadn’t expected much

thought he’d just serve his time and get out.

He hadn’t counted on being drawn into the town’s murky past, into a web of secrets, lies and murder which might well cost him much more than just his freedom.

This is the story of a boy’s journey to reveal a buried secret, and of a town too scared of its past to face its future.

It’s a story for anyone who dreams …