Diamonds, eight million dollars' worth. It was the pearl lugger Lucinda which led the fathers of the sons to the sparkling stones. It was the lugger which bequeathed the legacy of that fateful day in March 1942 to those sons. But are the crying stones still waiting in their secret place, the secret place where one of the fathers hid them to keep them safe? Do the stones still weep for the dead and for those soon to be dead?

It is forty-four years since the Japanese Zeroes brought terror and death and destruction to the peaceful pearling town. The sons of the fathers, urged on by the legacy of those fathers, each race to claim the diamonds, the crying stones. With mistrust fighting hate and with anger curbed by greed, the sons race across the great dry continent of Australia towards their legacy, towards Broome. But only one can win the prize.