SS Admella: A Dreaming Billabong Novel (Fool's Gold Series Book 1)
The SS Admella, the pride of the Australian coastal fleet before it sank in 1859, is part of the background setting for the first novel-length episode in the Fool's Gold Series.
The dentist turned gold and horse thief, Jane Mutta, and the explorer, Douglas Fife, in a romantic comedy that leads into a sea adventure and the wrecking of the SS Admella. This is a fiction novel. Information about the SS Admella was sourced by Ryn Shell from newspapers printed during the nineteenth century. Interpretation of the actions and dialogue of significant historical characters is primarily fiction€"of the author's creation.
Both female and male readers may enjoy this mystery and adventure romance.
If you're a fan of The Stolen Years series from the Dreaming Billabong books, meet the prequel. Discover how the legendary Douglas Fife and Jane meet. All of the sudden, they're not demi-gods but real people.
Art illustrations by internationally acclaimed artist Kathy Shell and photographs of the Shipwreck coast of south eastern Australia.
With the word billabong = waterhole, in the publisher's name, you will know that this book contains Australian words, e.g. station = ranch.
Included in this eBook is a three chapter excerpt from another Dreaming Billabong book.
The incredible story of the rescue from the stricken SS Admella, and of the surviving crew and passengers, is the background to the second novel in the Fool's Gold series, RESCUED.
