The year is 1886, and the richest gold reef in the world has just been discovered in Transvaal Boer Republic, in present-day South Africa. Fortune Seekers is a tale of how an obscure fledgling nation became famous overnight, and a small farm ended up as the wealthiest city in Africa. Ten years later, Johannesburg is transformed from a shanty-town into a fledgling city filled with cosmopolitan citizens from across the world, all looking to make their fortune. Gold-and the pursuit thereof-is omnipresent, with enormous fortunes being made and lost overnight. Luxurious mansions is omnipresent, with enormous fortunes being made and lost overnight. Luxurious mansions stand in sharp contrast to the squalor and lawlessness of a mining boom town. Set in the backdrop of this dynamic environment, Fortune Seekers is a historical drama about the people living in a social, economic and political frontier, their loves and passions, their vices and betrayals. Deborah von Albein, strong and independent, is determined to make her own way through the patriarchy that is Johannesburg. Two men, Kit Malloy and Karel Mannheim, each driven with their obsession for Deborah's hand in marriage, are on course for an inevitable confrontation. Raised on a Karoo farm, Deborah finds herself in dire straits as she works to carve out a future for herself and her family in the dangerous streets of Johannesburg. Kit Malloy, enigmatic Irish saloon owner and cunning rogue, finds himself caught in a web of intrigue while serving the fledgling ZAR Republic, itself on a collision course with destiny, and a British Empire at the height of its power. Kurt Mannheim, artistic, eccentric and heir to the Mannheim gold empire, returns to Johannesburg with a wounded heart, where he is fated to meet Deborah-an encounter which will change his life forever.
