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In 1855, a jewelled dagger is stolen during the chaos following the death of Kandahar's ruler. Its disappearance begins a journey across continents that will quietly shape the lives of those who encounter it.

Decades later and half a world away, Australia is being tested by the Federation Drought. Along the Darling River, sheep stations are failing, families are struggling to survive, and the old certainties of the inland are beginning to disappear.

Into this world comes Afghan merchant Abed Saiyid. What begins as an unlikely business alliance between two Australian families and a camel merchant gradually becomes something much more - bringing together sheep stations, riverboats, camel caravans and lives that might otherwise never have crossed.

Their story unfolds across a changing Australia: from the inland rivers and dusty settlements of New South Wales to Sydney, Melbourne and beyond; through Federation, immigration restrictions, war and the social upheavals of a new century.

At its heart, however, The Bombay Box is not simply a story about history. It is about people - about friendship becoming family, loyalty tested by circumstance, the meaning of home, and the sometimes unexpected places where we find belonging.

And through it all, almost forgotten, the dagger continues its journey.

The Bombay Box - An Australian Story is an immersive historical novel about family, loyalty, survival and belonging, set against the extraordinary landscape and transformation of Australia in the opening decades of the twentieth century.