Storm Bay

the long version

"Once the pride of the British East fleet, the Veritas has fallen on hard times. She is not a transport ship, her cargo prisoners of the Crown, her destination the penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land, now know as Tasmaina, the southernmost State of Australian. Pastor Bob Cookson tries to offer solace to the convicts on board, but is shocked to discover most of them have committed only trivial offences. He suspects a conspiracy to empty British prisions, but finds a more sinister motive at work..."--Pusblisher.