England, 1766: Abigail is happily married to James, a tobacco trader turned sea captain, and is looking forward to starting a family and settling down in Whitehaven, deep in the Lake District. But after a series of devastating losses, she finds herself in turmoil, with her future suddenly seeming unknown⊠When James announces that he will captain a ship to Africa and then the Americas for a year, it sparks a series of surprising and heartbreaking eventsâinvolving some of the darkest evils in humanityâs history and a tiny, terrified slave girl whoâs brought back to England. This helpless child forces Abigail to reconsider everything she thought she knewâand will change her life forever⊠Now: When a shipwreck is discovered off the coast of Cumbria, local expert Rachel is brought in to investigate. Her first thought is that this will be a perfect distraction from her troubled marriage and the memories of her past that she is desperate not to think about. But then it becomes clear the wreck is a slaving ship from the 1700sâone that was recorded as sinking in the Caribbeanâand Rachel begins to wonder if thereâs more to this terrible mystery than meets the eye. Faced with uncertainty about both the past and present, can Rachel learn from Abigailâs extraordinary story and take the first step towards a brighter future of her own?