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In the mid-nineteenth century, Maggie O'Fallon's parents fled the Irish Potato Famine for the gold fields of New Zealand. But when the hardships of frontier life leave Maggie orphaned at the age of thirteen, she finds herself at the mercy of the Catholic Church. She is forced into an orphanage, where for years she endures loneliness and abuse until circumstances leave her no choice but to flee. Maggie now must find her way in an unforgiving world. She will have to overcome her fears and self-doubt, and find the strength to resist those who seek to corrupt and destroy her. Maggie must decide...

Maggie O'Fallon's will to live has died along with her lover. More alone than ever, all she wants is to find a way to ease her pain. And Maggie finds it...losing herself in the darkest of places and ignoring the ghosts of her past with their silent warnings. Maggie's first taste of opium in a shantytown shack places her on the path toward destruction. Ultimately, she becomes a regular at Arrowtown's Chinese meeting house, firmly in the clutches of 'the Dragon'. Maggie's chance for rescue comes in the most unlikely form, and she is dragged back from the edge of ruin to face a life with...