Sins of the Fathers

By: John Byrnes

Narrated by: Tamblyn Lord

In the early years of the 20th century, Billy and Tommy Smith are growing up on the mean streets of Sydney's Millers Point. It's a hungry, hard-scrabble life, made even worse when their violent father returns home from prison.

The girl next door, Angeline Dubois, is an ambitious young woman running a small boarding house. Circumstances beyond her control threaten to derail her big dreams for the future.

In the wealthy eastern suburbs, Charles Davies is living an entirely different life, the beneficiary of his father's business acumen and insatiable, unyielding greed. Charles wants for nothing – except, perhaps, his father's approval.

When an incident on The Point leads to the deaths of both Charles's and the Smith boys' fathers, a hatred is born that will follow the three men through their lives. From Sydney to Gallipoli, and onto the killing fields of France, the melting pot of Darwin and the opal fields of Lightning Ridge, the men's paths all lead to one final destination – revenge.

©2025 John Byrnes (P)2025 Bolinda Publishing