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  • Published: 29 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143783527
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $32.99

Fortune's Son




An Australian historical saga that will appeal to readers of Bryce Courtenay and Judy Nunn.

Can one man’s revenge become his redemption?
Young Luke Tyler has everything going for him: brains, looks and a larrikin charm that turns heads. The future appears bright, until he defends his sister from the powerful Sir Henry Abbot. His reward is fifteen years hard labour on a prison farm in Tasmania’s remote highlands.

Luke escapes, finding sanctuary with a local philanthropist, Daniel Campbell, and starting a forbidden relationship with Daniel's daughter, Belle. But when Luke is betrayed, he must flee or be hanged.
With all seeming lost, Luke sails to South Africa to start afresh. Yet he remains haunted by the past, and by Belle, the woman he can’t forget. When he returns to seek revenge and reclaim his life, his actions will have shattering consequences – for the innocent as well as the guilty.

Set against a backdrop of wild Tasmania, Australian gold and African diamonds, Fortune’s Son is an epic story of betrayal, love and one man’s struggle to triumph over adversity and find his way home.

PRAISE FOR JENNIFER SCOULLAR
‘Scoullar, it turns out, is a writer of documentary calibre…lovely, lyrical prose.’ The Australian
‘Scoullar’s writing has a rich complexity. Poetic and visual … the landscape vivid and alive.’ Reading, Writing and Riesling

  • Published: 29 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780143783527
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $32.99

About the author

Jennifer Scoullar

Jennifer Scoullar is a bestselling author of Australian rural fiction, and lives with her family on a small property in West Gippsland. Her house is on a hilltop, overlooking valleys of messmate and mountain ash. She grew up on the books of Elyne Mitchell, and all her life she’s ridden and bred horses, in particular Australian stock horses. Jennifer writes page-turning stories set in and around Australia’s magnificent wild places. She has eleven published novels, including the bestselling Brumby’s Run and the historical adventure series 'The Tasmanian Tales'.

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Praise for Fortune's Son

Jennifer Scoullar’s passion for the land shines through . . . Highly recommended.

Sunshine Coast Daily

A crisp, well-written tale . . . Sings like a Bunya mountain breeze.

Courier-Mail

Celebrates the country and, more importantly, the bush as a life-changing environment . . . A heart-thumping romance.

The Weekly Times

The Mallee Girl cements Jennifer Scoullar as one of my favourite rural romances.

Rachael Johns
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