Tired of being ridiculed by her students, Margery Benson decided to leave her life in London and pursue her dream of finding the undiscovered golden beetle in New Caledonia Island. She becomes interested in the insect when she was a child from her father... To fulfill her wish, she needed an assistant for the expedition as it was 1950 and ended up with an unlikely candidate, Enid Pretty. What follows is an incredible adventure across the Pacific, surviving a deadly cyclone on the island, among other challenges. It is a fascinating read with the transformation powder of friendship, the backdrop of vivid sights and sounds of a tropical island, but danger and mystery still lurk in the natural world.
