When twelve-year-old orphan Nathaniel Asker is shipped from the back alleys of London to the New South Wales convict colony, he never expects to see Isobel again. But eventually, they meet again, and this is their story, the story of a downtrodden clan facing the harsh realities of life in a Godforsaken land down under.
Based on actual historical events and lives, Beyond the Seas is an action-packed novel about explorers, gold miners, gamblers, gangsters, and corrupt officials. Meanwhile, the Askers encounter every imaginable obstacle as they strive to lift themselves from the grinding poverty they were born into.