A Distant Land

Back in 1957 nine-year-old Zidra Vincent met Jim Cadwallader for the first time. Fourteen years later their bond of friendship - forged during childhood in the beautiful coastal town of Jingera - is still strong. But is friendship all they dream of? Jim is now a respected war correspondent in Cambodia. Meanwhile Zidra is an ambitious reporter at the SYDNEY MORNING CHRONICLE and the seeds of a major story have just landed in her lap. Life is looking good - if only she could share it with the man who knows her best . . . Then while at work in the newsroom one morning Zidra catches sight of a wire service bulletin. A story out of Cambodia. The body of a Western journalist has been discovered near Phnom Penh. And her world begins to collapse around her.