Newlyweds Joseph and Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Europe with Joseph's mother, Lilian, in the hopes of finding gold and new beginnings in mid-nineteenth-century New Zealand.
Presents various aspects of life in New Zealand through interviews with twenty-eight people representing different age groups, occupations, and regions. Also includes a section of brief facts about the country and a glossary.
Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 to seek his fortune in the goldfields, Walter Moody finds himself drawn into a series of unsolved crimes and complex mysteries.