The Exiles - Australians, Bk 1 Author:William Stuart Long They came from England -- thieves, felons, murderers, justly and unjustly accused - human cargo destined to hack a life from the harsh Australian wilderness. Packed into the teeming holds of His Majesty's ships, they sailed a treacherous seas to the icy desolation of Antarctica, the South Cape of Tasmania, to Captain Cook's anchora... more »ge in Botany Bay.
It was a cruel, violent fate for 15 year old Jenny Taggart. Falsely accused of theft, she was torn from her loved ones, a beautiful child among hardened convicts, and innocent in the craft of survival. Betrayed by her beauty, sustained by courage she would endure to become the Queen of the Convicts a target of passion and vengeance in a raw and merciless land of the exiles.« less