Publisher's Synopsis
Madeline is saddened to leave her family and home in the parish of Kintail, located in the Highlands of Scotland.
However, pleased to be a governess for the children of Laird and Lady Fraser as they board the tall sailing craft called Hector. A loving relationship evolves as she arrives at the wharf and meets Piper MacKay and the crew of the sailing ship.
During the long voyage, she develops a bonding friendship with Piper Mackay, the Frasers' family, and a shipmate by the name of Malcolm.
Death and Tragedy takes hold of the vessel and a sad life-threatening disease runs rampant throughout the sailing ship. The Hector survives this epidemic, only to sail into a ferocious thunderstorm, that turns the vessel back towards the shores of Scotland.
