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1917: Dr. Grace Treverton erreicht Kenia, das schwarze Land, entschlossen, den Eingeborenen die Segnungen der modernen Medizin zu bringen...

Aus der Enge des viktorianischen England flieht die Arzttochter Hannah in die Weiten Australiens...

No corporation is quite like Harmony Biotech, the ultramodern health products dynasty based on ancient Chinese remedies. And no greater challenge has ever confronted its CEO, Charlotte Lee, than the series of deaths that strike users of its products in a single terrifying week. And because all the victims were known to be her enemies, Charlotte Lee had become a prime suspect. Her hunt for her nemesis will lead her through the midnight labyrinths of the Internet―and to a place and a time where today’s technology was barely a whisper.

Hannah Conroy es una mujer adelantada a su tiempo. Ha estudiado para ser comadrona en un hospital de Londres y ha regresado a casa para ayudar a su padre, que ejerce la medicina. Hannah también quiere ser médido, pero en la Inglaterra de mediados del siglo XIX las mujeres tienen cerradas todas las puertas de la profesión. Al fallecer su padre, Hannah decide emprender el viaje de su vida: se embarca rumbo a Australia, un país en pleno florecimiento, repleto de oportunidades para una mujer tan intrépida como ella.

Moving through the exotic settings of California, Hawaii, and Africa, New York Times bestselling author Barbara Wood weaves a rich and compelling story of three women's lives and the challenges they face in their careers and in their relationships.