Wairata

New Zealand. 1890. On a cold grey autumn day, eleven year old David Campbell finds himself shipwrecked and orphaned on the wild west coast of the North Island. Taken under the wing of a kindly widow on her remote sheep farm, he thrives and grows into a strong and gentle young man, finds friendship and love, and settles down to farm the land in the tiny settlement of Wairata. But war has raised its ugly head in the British Empire, and David is dragged unwillingly into the Boer War in South Africa, where all of their lives will be forever changed.