Author(s): BRYCE COURTENAY

General Fiction

The four fires in this story are passion,religion,warfare and fire itself,-love perhaps being the brightest flame of all. The four fires mould Australians, giving sense of place and shaping the national character. In a small town, live the Maloneys, 5th generation Irish catholic struggling to reach the first rung of the social ladder. This a story of the power of love and the triumph of the human spirit against the odds. "Not since writing the POWER OF ONE have I felt this close to a book." - Bryce Courtenay Hardback