The daughter of a chief, Tepua sailed away from her island home to fulfill an obligation of marriage. But she never reached her destination. Her boat was ravaged in a storm, and after a fierce struggle for survival, the black-haired maiden was washed ashore in Tahiti. There, her heritage was mocked, her innocence stolen. But her spirit would never desert her...

In a mystical world of beauty and savagery, a culture and a people so different from her own, she vowed to build a new life- a life that would change the shape of destiny for generations to come.