pFrom North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East from the 14thsup and 3rdsup centuries B.C., from the 10thsup, 16thsup, 18thsup and 19thsup centuries A.D. spouses, enemies, friends, strangers - twelve of them are rescued from certain death on earth to become the first families of Verdura.pp ppJoshua and Marie Duncan are sent ahead to find each couple as they enter Verdura to lead them to where they will begin their new lives together.pp ppBut people have their own ideas, their own desires. Sometimes they work for the common good. Sometimes they work against one another.pp ppAnd they mess up.pp ppYou see, sometimes commands are for a reason. Sometimes there are enemies. Sometimes people need to listen. And if they don't, they often can't undo the consequences. They lack the power, the knowledge, the means, to undo the evil they've caused.pp ppSomeone else must undo it. But canem it be undone By whom At what costpp ppWill Verdura end before it beginsppbrp