Lands beyond the sea - Tamara McKinley

By the 1700s, the Aborigine people have lived in harmony with the land in Australia for sixty thousand years. But now, ghost-ships are arriving, their very existence is threatened by a terrifying white invasion.
When Jonathan Cadwallader leaves Cornwall to sail on the Endeavour, he leaves behind his sweetheart, Susan Penhalligan . . . That is, until an act of brutality reunites them in the raw and unforgiving penal colony of New South Wales.
Billy Penhalligan has survived transportation and clings to the promise of a new beginning. But there will be more suffering before he or his fellow convicts can regard Australia as home . . . .
A sweeping tale of discovery, love and hardship in the sixteenth century which will bring emergent Australia and all its inhabitants - new and old - to life.

Tamara McKinley was born in Australia and returns there every year to do her research for her novels, which are coloured with the red, green and gold of her beloved homeland. Tamara is married to Oliver and between them they have five children, three grandchildren and a cat.

'Lush with intense descriptions of nature and tense drama.'
USA Publisher's Weekly on MATILDA'S LAST WALTZ

'A multi-generational saga in the vein of THE THORNBIRDS... much enjoyed... Good, old-fashioned story-telling at its best'
The Bookseller on MATILDA'S LAST WALTZ

'The plot has depth and pace'
The Lady on JACARANDA VINES

'Will keep you reading happily all day. Relax and enjoy.'
Women's Weekly on WINDFLOWERS

'An epic, gripping, tautly plotted novel with a final court-room twist worthy of John Grisham.'
Time Out on SUMMER LIGHTNING