Jewel Sea

The whole of the harbour was touched with gold – the tops of the quiet waves warehouse roofs the bulging folds of sails at rest the tips of seagull wings – giving him one sweeping glimpse of beauty just as he was leaving a vision of things as they ought always to be just as they were not…

March 1912. A sultry Indian summer hangs over the west coast of Australia and aboard the luxury steamship SS Koombana three tales entwine.

Irene Everley longs to leave her first-class fishbowl existence secretly penning a gossip column as her life spirals out of control into soulless liaisons and alcohol the long shadow of a tragedy clouding her view.

James Sinclair an investor on his way to Broome is not the man he says he is but can he be trusted?

Abraham Davis a wealthy dealer whose scandalous divorce is being dragged through the press prepares to take the gamble of his life: to purchase an infamous stolen pearl along the journey north.

Perfectly round perfectly pink this pearl comes with a curse and with a warning – destroying all who keep it from returning to the sea.