Jack Kempson started out as an idealistic cop. Thirty years on, he remains relentless in tracking down villains, but has lost confidence in his moral barometer. He turns a blind eye to the dubious methods employed by some of his contemporaries — prepared to let dodgy means be justified by the noble end.
A scientist desperately wanting to prove that mermaids exist is ostracized from the scientific community in Japan. He settles down in Australia steadfast on his hypothesis. When a Japanese student visits him in Australia with strange questions about mermaids, how the young man survived in the ocean, and why he doesn't remember anything.
1915 год. Два романтически настроенных молодых человека вступают в ряды австралийских вооруженных сил. После ускоренной подготовки в «учебке», затерянной в песках близ древнеегипетских пирамид, приятелей отправляют в полк, который ведет боевые действия против турецкой армии.
Друзья еще не знают, что им предстоит принять участие в битве при Галлиполи — одном из самых кровавых сражений первой мировой войны…
Torn by the conflict between society and her own life, as well as her failing marriage and love for another woman, Cass desperately tried to pull together the pieces of her shattered life.
