With summer and the beach season upon us, this book amplifies the pleasure of a good summer read. Michael and Sarah Stone have an unusual life, to say the least.
Home is an old but sturdy yacht, sailing among the islands in the western Pacific.
Both Michael and Sarah are doctors who sail the small sparsely populated islands offering medical care to the remote island people. With them is their ten year old daughter Ronnie, a lively and intelligent young girl who loves any contact with civilization. When the Veronica gets a distress signal from a huge ship requesting help for a medical emergency, Ronnie has visions of satellite TV, People magazines and ice cream. Unfortunately for this small family, the men running the commercial freighter have a devious plan. As Michael tends to a dying islander who has washed up on a tiny atoll, he watches in horror as the freighter pulls his yacht out of the water and onto the deck.