There is an intertwining of different characters that are also on a quest to find the beautiful Australian black opal.

Their love affair is constantly in danger, but their love for each other continues to grow.

When a beautiful twenty-nine year old women with raven hair walks into his bookstore looking for a book on the French revolution, his life will never be the same.

In Cairns Australia Ali sees his first beautiful opal. He decides on buying opals and having other people steal them for him in his new base At Coober Pedy.

Twenty-five-year-old Jesse Coleman endures a heinous act on him. After the case is dropped, his mother, Claire, accedes to his request to move. Leaving behind his old life, he is left with a disturbing scar on his back. Hopelessness comes in on him and he takes off the bracelet that he has worn his whole…