Being shipwrecked on a deserted island in a storm.
IMAGINE
Knowing that your husband was swept into the sea during the storm.
IMAGINE
Giving birth on the beach two days later.
IMAGINE
That this story is based on FACT.
“SON of the STORM” is the first book of a saga stretching over the last 400 years. The story is set in 1851 and charts the course of a young couple as they leave their Scottish village and head into the unknown… towards the goldfields of Australia, and disaster.
"Rob. McCubbin, an exciting new Australian author, has burst upon the literary scene with his gripping historical novel. A story of family and adventure, of tenderness and passion. The McCubbin story."
J. O'Rorke
"Son of the Storm" is a compelling book. Its language and story are honest yet, in parts, visceral and explosive, giving credence to the characters and the plot. It is never gratuitous - a narrative as sharp as a sword's edge. A must read for those who love a ripping good yarn.
Desperate for fame, 1860s part-time newspaper reporter Andie McCubbin risks everything to follow explorers Burke & Wills into the uncharted wilds of Australia unaware of the tragedies awaiting his wife and deaf son left behind in Geelong Town...
Accused unjustly, Robert McCubbin wants nothing more to put his jail time behind him. He leaves Scotland for Australia, unaware that the young woman whose honour he defended has booked passage on the same ship… Two brothers, two destinies. One destination.
Here we go again...
A shopkeeper following the explorers steps into the Great Australian Desert in 1860. Whatever will become of him?
His wife and deaf son... left behind in rough-and-tumble Geelong at the mercy of thieves and rogues. Without even a letter of permission to buy a dress...
And young Robert finds his one true love on the ship out from Scotland.
