Author(s): Christopher Kremmer

Fiction

"They're all doing it...It's not so much a contest between horses, as a race to find the best recipe."

When young scientist Jean Campbell is hired to eliminate drugs in sport she enters a murky world where power, privilege and corruption mix easily. In 1940s Sydney, Jean and her charismatic boss Howard Carter expose the cruel underbelly of the 'sport of kings' only to find themselves in the dock, unaware that the hard tack struggle of a young rider, Frank Littell, will determine their fates.