Heritage

Heritage by **Fiona McIntosh** is a sweeping **historical fiction** novel that brings the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme vividly to life, through the eyes of those who helped build it and those trying to outlive their pasts.

In postwar Australia, refugees from dozens of nations arrive under the Southern Cross, drawn to the promise of work, safety and a fresh start. High in the Australian Alps, a vast engineering project demands grit, trust and relentless courage as tunnels are carved through rock and rivers are redirected. But alongside the dynamite and determination are private histories: wartime losses, divided loyalties, and secrets carried from Europe’s ruins into the high country.

Perfect for readers who love **Australian history**, big-cast storytelling, and emotionally driven epics about migration, identity and reinvention—with a strong sense of place.

Step into this remarkable chapter of Australia’s making and see what these lives, and this landscape, reveal.