White horses. Rachael Treasure. 2020

Following the disappearance of her mother when she was just a child, Drift has been raised by her father, growing up to work alongside him as an itinerant cattle drover along the beautiful coastline of remote Western Australia. It’s a tough life, but nurtured by two wise women - Wilma, a gentle travelling librarian, and straight-talking Charlie, the legendary mobile saddler - Drift grows up to become a confident, idealistic young woman.

But the world Drift lives in can be ugly and brutal. After a horrific sexual assault, Drift meets a handsome young stockman, but he is not all that he seems and she is drawn into a baffling world of lies and mysteries, centring on a lushly beautiful property called The Planet, run by a wealthy American woman. When Drift’s father is hospitalised and the young man she loves disappears, adrift has to find the courage to make her own way in the world. Drawing upon the deep well of women’s wisdom taught to her by Charlie and Wilma, Drift has to overcome heartbreak, betrayal and loneliness in order to forge her path and create the kind of world she wants to live in.