"They came as outcasts to the shores of a savage paradise...and stayed to build an empire. William Pollard, the English adventurer who traded his heritage for the tattoos of a Maori chieftain. And Jessica Spencer, whose unyielding code of honor and rebel spirit made he a bond servant in a new Land. Exile brought them together. Destiny made them one. Together they defied their enemies and the fury of unbridled nature to turn the edge of the unknown into an outpost of an empire...and to build a future on the distant shores of a wilderness paradise."--Publisher description.