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Transported from the mountains and deserts of the Northwest Frontier (present-day Pakistan and Afghanistan), Bell Sing accompanies explorers Burke and Wills as they try to cross Australia from south to north.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBell Sing has never had a high opinion of humans—or horses. And this expedition is the worst managed caravan he's ever been in. Camel handler Dost Mahomet and soldier John King are also beginning to wonder if their leader is competent, or crazy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBell Sing can smell water over the sandhills on the horizon... and freedom too. Can the expedition succeed? 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