Book 2 in the new Australian Destiny Series
Southwestern Queensland at the turn-of-the-century is the adventure setting for Power of Pinjarra. One of the first inland areas settled by the Europeans near the beginning of the Outback, this had become an area rich in cattle=raising and the mining of opals. From the Aboriginal element to the pioneering advances of the gospel, here is a fascinating story with memorable characters.
Ross Sheldon is a large landowner who envisions a cattle empire which will give him absolute power and opwn important political doors. He stands in the forefront of the potential cattle barons, has all the law and the profits in his back pocket, and reasons that he can get away with murder. Standing in his way are the small Aboriginal tribes of the area, a defiant family called the Frobels, and young seminary graduate Luke Vinson and his wife Margaret who were introduced to readers in Code of Honor.
This story of a nation of rogues, adventurers and dreamers sounds the gospel theme: Out of what appears to be ultimate evil comes ultimate good.
From the Back Cover
An unseen, evil hand was reaching out to crush Marty Frobel and his family, trying to drive them far from their native Queensland home. Their only hope is the...
POWER OF PINJARRA
The opal-rich area of Southwestern Queensland at the turn-of-the-century is the setting for Book Two in the Australian Destiny Series. Fortunes were made--and hopes are dashed--daily, as men and women match wits against the land, plying their trades in the mining towns and cattle stations of the Outback. Only the elusive Aborigines seem to know the secret of survival here.
Against this turbulent backdrop, and unlikely friendship forms. Marty Frobel, the son of a prominent area family, is able to rescue Pearl Fowkes, a preacher’s daughter with aristocratpic tastes. As time goes on, Marty must grapple with the sinister Ross Sheldon--a greedy and unscrupulous landowner with grand political aspirations--as well as all the problems that go with running his own cattle station, the Pinjarra. Meanwhile, Pearl leaves home with her sister to start a new life of her own.
NON OF THEM ARE QUITE PREPARED FOR THE TRAGEDY THAT IS SURE TO CHANGE THEIR VALUES...AND THEIR LIVES!