"Silk's [gift] was to cut and embellish until a pebble was transformed into a gem."- Kate Grenville

Talbot Silk is questioning everything the Captain of New Holand(Australia)'s First Fleet has told him. Did his dear friend really become a traitor to the Empire, and just how unreasonable were the Natives?

"Two paths opened up, both with cracked ground, a thick blanket of fog and ominous sounds in the distance."

A fanfic featuring the characters from The Lieutenant. I wrote this as a backup imaginative piece for my English exam.