Enslaved families in the Shetland Islands face a bleak future. Then, in 1874, deliverance comes. They are offered free passage to New Zealand. A Promised Land flowing with milk and honey, but joy turns to dismay. Starvation, exhaustion, and sickness stalk their every move. Worst of all, they have tumbled back into bondage. Karamea is on the brink of collapse. Can desperation, grit, and faith pull the settlement back from disaster?