A tall youth arrives in Penzance on top of a coach, seeking his fortune at the end of English earth. Ballantyne takes him into the mines of Cornwall, where miners work under the sea, wrecks pile up on the coast, and a sudden flood boils up through the workings, all set among the cottages, customs and dangers of the mining people.
A Ballantyne adventure that doubles as a vivid portrait of Cornish mining life. Download the free EPUB.