Book 3 of the best-selling Charlie Smithers Collection Flashman never experienced anything like this, not even remotely! Whether it's because of his gift of the 'sight,' inherited from his dour old Hebridean mum, or simply a sorely battered noggin (a result of his master's appalling aim)the Australias hold one of Charlie Smithers' most intriguing adventures to date. Pirates, great white sharks, mermaids, scorching deserts, cannibals and a small army of sadistic bushrangers are only part of the story. A mysterious gunslinging sheila with emerald green eyes, and a shocking vocabulary, is another adventure all on its own. And throughout the tale there is the innocuous message from a ghost from Charlie's past: "You must learn to forgive..."