About the book: 1999 / Love, it seemed, firmly linked the destinies of the daughter of an Australian financial tycoon and a brave American officer. However, serene happiness is far away, and separation is just around the corner. There is an abyss between them, an abyss of fate. What will win: love or duty, devotion to a loved one or loyalty to the oath given to fighting friends? What will tip the scales of love: male egoism or tender affection? These questions arise before lovers who, having overcome circumstances, misunderstandings of loved ones and their own doubts, managed to defeat fate.