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.

Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels - from beginner to advanced -the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.