In 1842, Deidre Scott leaves the Orkneys in Scotland to follow Mac McDonnell, the man she loves, a fisherman sentenced to a seven year sentence for resisting evictions. Their ship runs aground just as they reach the dreaded penal colony in Van Diemen's Land (present day Tasmania). As Mac toils on a road gang, Deidre cobbles together a job. Befriended by Lady Franklin, the wife of world-famous explorer, Sir John Franklin, Deidre finds a way to reassign Mac to Doc Morrell in Hobart Town. But Doc cannot help him once Mac fights with Constable Johnson. Mac must find a way to survive the prison at Port Arthur. Can Deidre and Mac build a new life for themselves in this rough and tumble penal colony? Years of Stone was a Quarter finalist in 2014's Amazon's Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) competition. ABNA reviewers commented Years of Stone "grips from the beginning," and is "not to be missed."