In a narrative spanning the final decades of the 1800s, the end of the
Hawaiian monarchy, annexation by the Unites States, and World War I, the
lives of four starkly different headstrong individuals are inextricably
woven.
True Lindstrom was brought to the orphanage at Waikiki as a young girl.
As bold as she is fair, True harbors a tragic childhood secret--as well
as a fierce love for Evan Coulter, which she will defy fate and
circumstance to fulfill. Twelve years older than True, handsome Evan is
an accomplished rider with an abiding love for the land and its people.
His political future now seems limitless--until his passion for True
jeopardizes his marriage and forces a decision that could alter Hawaiian
history. Princess Kaiulani, a delicate child who traces her ancestry to
Scottish landowners on her father's side and centuries of Hawaiian
royalty on her mother's, is heiress apparent to the Hawaiian throne. The
last hope of the Hawaiian monarchy, she is all too aware of the enormous
responsibility places on her frail shoulders and understands that she
will either grow up to rule the islands--or die a martyr to them.
These dynamic lives are woven into a tale by Martha Moon, the gentle
teacher who casts herself in the ancient Hawaiian role of storyteller.
It is through her eyes that we witness four lifetimes of adversity,
sorrow, joy, and ultimate triumph.
