This is the third book of the series Destiny in Disguise. The Johnsonfamily, after a decade, has fled the inhospitable environment of the Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland, Australia. The tragic death of their eldest daughter, Madeline leaves the parents, Burton and Marion believing bad luck has caught up with them. The two boys Keith and Max are still at logger heads after their experience with the crocodile in the billabong. Add the mystique of physical and sexual maturity both of which excites and confuses they are flung into the Second World War.The celebrations at the end of the war creates an atmosphere of freedom resulting in a young lady becoming pregnant and Max being made to take the blame and then has to accept the responsibility. He disappears and there are sightings and deaths but no one knows who the real Max Johnson is. In faraway Mildura, South Australia, a sixteen year old girl islooking at a future that is indescribable until her mother finds another man to spirit her to a destiny which might offer hera maximum joyful life.
