Set before and after events in the opal fields in the mid to late-20th century Australia and up and down the eastern seaboard, Opal Jack, orphaned at a young age, grows into a man who after a very rough start in life uses his wit, cunning and street smarts to forge himself a life of a gambling, cheating, womanising conman. He achieves this through manipulating the weak, the wealthy and people in high places to establish himself as an individual who gets what he wants by any means available. Jack, somewhat of an escape artist and master of disguise, together with his naïve girlfriend, Cassie, live a life of deception and duality while constantly on the move looking for the next shonky deal. He is aided and abetted in wreaking his trail of chaos by none other than the devil himself, who shadows his life to protect him from harm, or so he believes. Nothing is sacred from then on and his ambitions know no limits as he rampages across the country protected by his gang of violent ex-Vietnam veteran minders. A true-blue, ripper, Aussie yarn.