Lieutenant. Grenville K.

Kate Grenville wrote a piercing historical novel about a lonely heart, lost among the endless ocean, about love and tenderness, breaking the shell of loneliness, and about care in relations with those who are close to nature and the earth on which he lives for centuries.

In 1788, colonists landed on the shore of Australia with guns and unshakable faith in the omnipotence of the British Empire. And with them - Lieutenant Daniel hands. In the young years - an outsider and a mathematical child prodigy, and now a magnificent astronomer and meteorologist, he has another undoubted talent: he communicates with the natives without problems. Next to him is the charming local girl Tagaran. Together with her, he easily overcomes the language and cultural abyss. But is this communication necessary for white settlers claiming the richest lands of the new South Wales?

The novel is based on the notebooks of Lieutenant William Dawz, an officer of the royal marine corps.