|summary=In this compelling book combining adventure, love and historical testimony based on real people's lives, a Presbyterian missionary Rev Neil MacKenzie and his pregnant wife, Lizzie, are sent to the Hebridian island of St Kilda to bring the population back to God, away from their odd superstitions. It's 1830 so they both try to cope with a harsh environment and lifestyle whilst Lizzie has to cope with a different man from the one she thought she'd married.