Cry of the Curlew: the Frontier Series 1
“He knew from the bearings he had taken with his small brass compass that he was somewhere south of Cape York Peninsula in the shallow dry valleys of low and spindly trees left brittle by the long dry season. He also knew that his big and faithful mare was close to collapse as she plodded on without questioning the foolishness of man’s quest for the yellow metal.
Together horse and rider had faced jungle, desert, scrub and hostile tribesmen. And together they had forged a bond based on mutua...l need. The big mare was tough and carried an old scar on her flank from a spear wound and she had many more scars from the terrible cuts of the rainforest vines as badges of her courage.
Time had lost all meaning for Luke as he swayed in the saddle, fighting to stay conscious, his existence now measured in the fact that he was alive to see the sun rise and set each day. The fever came to him in alternating waves of burning hot and icy cold deliriums, with each malarial attack threatening to be the fatal last.MoreLess
Together horse and rider had faced jungle, desert, scrub and hostile tribesmen. And together they had forged a bond based on mutua...l need. The big mare was tough and carried an old scar on her flank from a spear wound and she had many more scars from the terrible cuts of the rainforest vines as badges of her courage.
Time had lost all meaning for Luke as he swayed in the saddle, fighting to stay conscious, his existence now measured in the fact that he was alive to see the sun rise and set each day. The fever came to him in alternating waves of burning hot and icy cold deliriums, with each malarial attack threatening to be the fatal last.MoreLess
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