'ONE MAN. ONE WOMAN. ONE COUNTY. TWO DESTINIES. Henry Blackwood, an orphaned 'New Australian' scraping out an existence on the docks of the Paraguayan capital, Asunción; a foreigner in his own country, struggling to find acceptance in the land of his birth. Liliana Maria Gabriela Martinez de Castro, a daughter of Asunción's strict Catholic upper class, coming of age in a time of war, revolution . . . and opportunity. Paraguay, a poor landlocked country constantly under threat from internal and external forces battling to control her. Asunción, Paraguay's sleepy, sun-baked capital where dreams are made and hopes destroyed. ARP Asunción, gunboat and the flagship of the nation, which bears witness to it all.'
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