Book of the Year inThe TimesAn Amazon.com Best Book of 2018A gripping and vivid novel . . . remarkable John BoyneA story of two brothers on a trail of revengeQueensland, 1885. It is a scorching day in Australias deserted outback when Tommy McBride and his brother, Billy, return home to discover a devastating tragedy.Distraught and eager for revenge, the young men set out in search of the perpetrators. They are soon forced to seek help from their ruthless neighbour John Sullivan, and the Queensland Native Police an armed militia infamous for hunting down Indigenous Australians. The retribution that follows will embroil the brothers in a heartbreaking injustice, uniting them in a battle for survival, and forever tearing them apart.