The Darug Aboriginal Nation has lived in Australia since time immemorial. But at the turn of the nineteenth century, white settlers begin to arrive from the British empire, laying claim to lands that belong to Indigenous communities through cataclysmic violence. At an early age, Muraging, a member of the Darug Nation, is given over to the Parramatta Native Institution by her father. Fleeing the school in pursuit of a better future, she embarks on a journey of discovery and a search for a safe place to make her home—a task more winding and treacherous than she could have dreamed. Julie Janson’s American debut is a searing historical novel that tells a story of colonization, survival, and resistance in a way never done before— shattering stereotypes to give voice to an Aboriginal experience of early settlement in Australia.