by Mark Stewart
Legendary Blue Diamond
Mark Stewart
Legendary blue diamond
ISBN: 978-0-9807773-8-3
Edited Rosemary Cantala
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Copyright: Legendary blue diamond 2012 Mark Stewart. All rights reserved. No part of this story may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the author. This story is fictitious and a product of the author’s imagination. Resemblance to any actual person living or dead is purely coincidental.
My novels are based on the Australian culture. Some of the spelling is Australian and Australian slang. The full list of words and phrases are on the last page. Thanks for your understanding.
Other novels Mark Stewart has written
The Kendal chronicles (crime)
Fire games
Heart of a spider is the second book in the series
I know your secret is third in the series
Romance
Don’t tell my secret
201 may street
Emerald Hill
A perfect summer’s day
Kiss on the bridge
Kiss on the bridge two
Kiss on the bridge three
The perfect gift
Blood red rose (Vampire romance adventure)
Blood red rose two
Blood red rose three
Planet X91 the beginning (series)
In this series
Legendary Blue Diamond
Legendary Blue Diamond two
Legendary Blue diamond three
Legendary Blue Diamond
Mark Stewart
PROLOG
Australian summer: 2012 AD
HISTORIANS WHO have researched the legendary blue diamond say it originated when the Earth was being born. Some say the legend commenced at the union between a man who has skin, the colour of the night sky and a woman who has skin the colour of the sun. Rumor has it the blue diamond couldn’t have been any larger than a single carat. Lately, there has been whispers the deep blue coloured diamond is reported to be more than nine carats possibly even ten or higher. What I believe isn’t important, though I assume it lays somewhere in between. There’s been bush talk from the Australian Kimberley’s to Melbourne; whosoever touches the blue stone will die, for it is cursed by God. I believe it is due to man’s greed and the blood dripping from his hands is the truth behind the cursed stone.
I have extensively researched a great number of books on the subject looking for a start date to the authenticity of the legend. I think I may have uncovered the actual events though I have no way of proving if the facts are correct. I have been able to ascertain the legend started around the mid-1800’s when the State bank of Victoria was in its infancy. A gold prospector unearthed the diamond. In days, he sold it to a man in charge of the bank. He, in turn, made it into a ring for his wife. He described it as definitely one off stroke, of luck find. A businessman going by the name of Bobbi Forland invited the man to play a game of cards. Eventually, the banker accused Forland of cheating him out of everything including the blue diamond ring. He had been shot for his accusation. The banker made it home, dying in the arms of his wife. What of the blue diamond ring you ask? Of late a possible theory has been circulating the man’s wife has it in her possession. How she escaped from being murdered one can only guess.
If you ask me do I believe in the story, I’ll answer you truthfully. I know it only as a legend.
CHAPTER ONE
Australian summer: 1850 AD
