Nancy and Dan meet in 1900 as homeless kids in a Victoria, BC orphanage and become best friends. Later, their special friendship continues when they meet again as adults. Dan's first job is in the disappearing whaling industry of the Pacific; while Nancy finds work in a hotel and seeks early independence from her restrictive life at the orphanage. As prohibition approaches, a wealthy Seattle shipping magnate draws Dan into the dangerous but lucrative rumrunning trade; and the world anxiously awaits news of WWI in Europe.

Whittle's popularity reaches countless countries due to tourists visiting Victoria, BC and meeting this storyteller at an outdoor market. His fans say he writes in the tradition of the old Masters ... giving the reader the cold facts of real history while immersing us in a totally entertaining experience. In the Victoria Chronicles Trilogy, Whittle tells the story of the early 20th century when the First World War raged in Europe, rumrunners hunted each other, and the devastating Spanish Flu ran rampant killing over 50 million worldwide ... all through the eyes of two orphans finding their independence despite the odds. These books are brimming with real history, the people who made it and the locations where it all happened - even history buffs find themselves hard-pressed to discern fact from fiction in Whittle's well-researched historical novels.