The womanising Jonathon Clarke has deserted his wife and daughter for a Boston socialite. This brings his son, Benjamin, an English aristocrat, to the family cattle station in Australia. He meets his match with the highly sexed Miriam O'Shea from Wandara Station, but first he must tame his fearless Gully Raking (cattle stealing) sister, Annie, who hides her bounty in a secret gorge. Feel the beauty of the Australian bush and know the magic of the aboriginal stockman Mick as his powers become one with the ancient mystical eagle, custodian of the secret dreaming place, Valley of the Eagle.

An essential Australian novel, peppered lovingly with "Gone With the Wind" flavors where loyal servants are devoted to the family, containing frontier adventure, dauntless and enterprising on many levels.