Strong Roots, New Shoots

With the dawn of the twentieth century, the families of Applecross and Crawdon stand at the edge of a new Edwardian era. It is a world of change, one where automobiles rattle down dusty roads, flying machines spark wild dreams, and fortunes are made and lost in the promise of progress.

But in the Mackenzie Basin of New Zealand, the land still demands loyalty, and old ties still bind. As the new generation of Mackenzies, Morlings, Lawtons and their kin come of age, they must decide what to carry from their parents’ struggles and what to lay aside in pursuit of their own hopes. From romance and rivalry to scandal and reinvention, their choices will shape not only their families’ futures, but the legacy of Applecross itself.