The Wings of Morning

Author  Karen Haper

Against the backdrop of a Scottish Island, Victoria London, on the coast of Florida, Abigail Mcqueen overcomes the tragedy and the vow in finding the cure for the plague that killed her son. This is by the author of the Circle of  Gold.

Raised in St. Kilda, where both the social order and relationship are dominated by men. but Abigail is envied and scored for her independent ways.  Nothing would stop her from Defying the island's primitive mores, which keep children uneducated and call for birthing methods. 

Might say four out of five islands newborn dying of a  mysterious illness.  So when the sea claims her young husband and her own son's death from not being diagnosed with this mystery disease.  

Which shattered Abigail begins a relentless search for a cure A Queen that will haunt her for many years. She was shunned by the narrow-minded islanders who already deplore her radical ideas, Abigail regarding as more scandalous than ever when she is going to fall. 

In love with an outsider Morgan west which is a romantic and adventurous American caption.  Instead, she following her heart when the American Civil War call Morgan Back to his native land.  As Abigail leave London to pursue her medical research.

It was a fatal decision and the start of a journey that will lead her to a tropical paradise of Florida.  Abigail clings to her ideas and dreams.

This story is related to the current pandemic this country is going through, as the scientist is researching and testing how an antibody can be turned into a vaccine to help with the spread of covid 19.  

4 stars  I read it, It's very enjoyable to read.

Karen Harper, author of Circle of Gold taught literature and writing at both secondary and university levels before leaving teaching to write full time, she and her husband live in Columbus, Ohio, and Naples, Florida.