The never-before-told true story about a dark chapter of Australia's history. In 1871 Nova Scotia, Annetta Stewart boards a ship bound for the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) with her new missionary husband, John. She doesn't realise she is entering a battlefield where ships' crews ply the islands looking for labourers for Australia and Fiji. The couple face many hardships in their time on the islands - John is attacked by an islander, and the couple lose their son to pneumonitis. This culminates in Annetta having a crisis of faith. She reconciles her doubts just as a ship brings a devastating sickness to the island. Note: This book *could* be sold in a religious/spiritual bookshop but is not specifically written as Christian fiction.