THE DISENCHANTED SOLDIER
A heart-breaking dual-timeline family saga
From soldier to pacifist
In 1863, young Daniel Adin, a trained soldier, embarks on an adventure of a lifetime. In pursuit of a new life and land to farm, he travels to New Zealand to fight an unknown enemy – the fearless Māori.
A hundred and thirty years later, surrounding by the large family he left behind, Libby is fascinated by the stories of Daniel who looks down at her from the aged black-and-white photos on the walls. She wants to know more, to know what he was really like. As she researches his past, Daniel's story was so much more than she expected.
Delve into the riveting experiences of a young British soldier in war-torn New Zealand in the 1860s. Daniel, as patriarch and father of World War One conscientious objectors, faces natural disasters, endures family tragedies and witnesses the birth of a nation.
Inspired by a true love story.
The New Zealand Immigrant Collection suspenseful family saga fiction about overcoming the odds
I loved this book and so will you if you like historical fiction and family sagas set somewhere you likely know little about. This is beautifully and sensitively written. The characters are terrific. The fascinating part to me was how Vicky was able to take us on the family's journey in a thoughtful and non-judgmental way.- 5-star Amazon review
From the award-winning author of 'Brigid The Girl from County Clare' and 'Gwenna The Welsh Confectioner', whose writing has been compared to that of Catherine Cookson's.