As It Was in the Beginning

"As It Was in the Beginning" by Philip Verrill Mighels is a story set in the early 1900s, focusing on Grenville's journey to China to bring back his friend’s fiancée, Elaine, but transforms into a tale of love and danger on the open sea. Grenville, initially reluctant, finds himself drawn to this adventure, and as they set sail, their voyage is fraught with personal struggles, violent tempests, and the strange inhabitants of a deserted island after a ship wreck, and sets the scene for their intense quest for love, devotion, and surviving against the odds as they navigate uncharted territory both mentally and physically.