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Dark Southern Sun
Dark Southern Sun
Dark Southern Sun
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Dark Southern Sun is a story about love, friendship, and honor in the goldfields of old Australia.

In this standalone sequel to Counter Currents, Ryan washes up on the southern shore of Australia near death in 1845. Rescued by two Wathaurung native children and nursed to health by their parents, fate entwines his life and theirs through good and sorrow for the next ten years. Set against the historical backdrop of Australia’s formative years, Ryan witnesses the displacement of the Aboriginal people, and he faces the chaos of the world’s largest alluvial gold rush and the bloodshed of Australia’s biggest armed uprising. Throughout, two very different women—one white, one black—tug at his heart as he struggles from penury to prosperity. As he rises in social esteem as an astute businessman and cunning streetfighter, Ryan creates two bitter enemies—one white, one black. In time, they set aside their vast racial and emotional hatreds and combine forces against him. Can Ryan survive their vicious attempt to destroy him and save the good life he has built?

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Release dateMar 1, 2015
ISBN9780987903570
Dark Southern Sun
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Shaun J. McLaughlin

Shaun J. McLaughlin maintains history blogs on the Patriot War and on Bill Johnston, the Thousand Islands legend. A researcher, journalist and technical writer for over thirty years, with a master's degree in journalism, McLaughlin is now a semi-retired freelance writer.

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