Cambridge English Readers Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Joe lives in Canada, in a beautiful, quiet place. His peace is interrupted one day by the noise of bulldozers excavating near his house. He is told that it"s a diamond mine. Joe is a journalist for a local newspaper and his neighbours soon come to ask him to write about the awful noise and destruction. Joe becomes suspicious when his boss won"t let him write about it. He starts to investigate the mine, but gets himself in harm"s way.