Cousin Jack

Copper Fortunes & Outback Perils Await the Pascoe Clan

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In this second novel in the Pascoe saga, Cornwall's fabled copper mining riches are unraveling. Their famed Pascoe Lode is dying, and the town of Penpillick withers as sickness and blight poison both mine and people. In a desperate bid to discover new copper wealth, Thomas Pascoe is exiled to a harsh South Australian sheep station half a world away.

But the lure of Cornwall's dying mines eventually calls Thomas back, forcing him to choose between the vast, untamed Australian outback...or the treacherous lodes and veins that made his family's fortune underground. What sinister forces have drained the life from Wheal Emma and the clan's mining empire? Can Thomas solve the deadly mystery and restore the Pascoes' legacy?

In this richly atmospheric second novel of the Pascoe series, the clan's epic saga continues as Cornish mining declines and "Cousin Jacks" like Thomas prospect for new mineral discoveries across the original Australian outback frontier. But taming that vast, unforgiving land will test the Pascoes' wits and grit against a cavalcade of hardship, trailblazing adventure, bitter injustice, and cutthroat treachery in pursuit of elusive riches.

For those who crave novels steeped in the rugged authenticity and history of mining frontiers in Cornwall and Australia, this book is a must-read. Brimming with exquisite period detail, it immerses you in two worlds... both merciless and unforgiving, yet brimming with dreams of fortune and new beginnings.