Simon Bootham and David Whyatt couldn't be more dissimilar. But the mining industry can prompt odd friendships. Bootham is trusted by his acquaintances though he has an aloof personality and a murky past. His present is building into something of growing suspicion also. He has a mission to travel to the Kimberleys though his growing band of acquaintances has no idea what it is. Even Judy, Bootham's reluctant companion, thinks it's a simple wilderness camping excursion with an incredibly well equiped host. The host just has to pull it all off before he is caught out for something else. Roly Dapsett knows the Kimberleys. He has been a career geologist all his working life and has developed an unhealthy obsession over the precious gems he spends every waking moment trying to uncover. His slackening hold on his sanity is beginning to affect his judgement and behaviour, and he has no tolerance for campers. He needs help and stirs the interest of a mining giant that cares even less for geologists and campers.