Born in secrecy. Left to die. But against all odds, Zachary survived.

In the heart of rural South Australia, a terrified young woman gives birth alone in a locked farmhouse bathroom. The child is critically injured. The on-call doctor — a newly arrived GP from Zimbabwe — is refused entry and follows medical protocol. But what happens that day will echo across decades.

Placed into State care and given the name Zachary, the boy clings to life against all expectations — and finds love and meaning in the arms of foster parents whose courage and devotion know no bounds.

As the years pass, secrets stir and a bitter legal reckoning looms. At stake is not just reputations and livelihoods, but the meaning of justice — and the value of a life that was never meant to matter.

Zachary’s Cry is a powerful and compassionate novel of moral failure, human frailty, and the quiet heroism that can emerge when everything else falls apart.