Olwyn L Harris – författare

“For Maggie, the mythical Minotaur represented Romance – half man, half beast. The Minotaur was a monster created from centuries of classical Greek mythology and no normal man could withstand its strength…… Sooner or later she would accept that Theseus, the hero, did not exist.  She knew that she would have to battle through the maze of reality and confront it herself….”Maggie Wick was shipped off to the city and high society life at the age of 12, where she would learn the ways of the rich and marry into a family of influence. What could have caused her sudden return to Henderson’s Gap? Can she really settle back into life on the station, with all its diversity and challenges? Will she find fulfilment in her role as provisional schoolteacher? Will she ever figure out the “Captain”, the mysterious, intimidating, station manager? When war comes to her little haven and Maggie’s world comes crashing down, taking her loved ones and the captain with it, Maggie needs to find a way to survive. Will her faith be enough to protect her, and what of the Captain? Could he really be the Theseus who would do battle with her Minotaur? 

“There is no way,” she thought, “that I am going to use this!”  She had desperately searched their cupboards for something, anything that would come close to what she needed for her catering project.  She found only this old dilapidated breadbasket that looked like the sort of junk that comes from one of those tacky jumble-sale stalls…”

Andi and Jo are best friends… they do pretty much everything together.  So, when Andi has a catering assignment due, and only a tacky old basket to use, Jo helps her pull off the faded decorations, revealing a time-capsule of historical information, and in order to understand what it means, Andi and Jo ask their elderly neighbour to take them to visit the farm where the basket came from.  They find themselves dumped back in history at the time of Federation, embroiled in circumstances that nearly cost Andi her life and threatens the livelihood of the people living there.  How can they ever hope to keep going when things are spinning out of control?