A powerful debut exploring the dark side of Cornwall, the wrecking and the drowned sailors, where poverty drove villagers to dark deeds. After a storm, Mary Blight carries a shipwrecked man home to nurse him better. Gideon, a Methodist minister touched by Mary's sacrifice, builds a chapel on the hill. But Gideon has demons of his own to face, and soon Mary's enemies are plotting against her.
A story of love, injustice and salvation, set against Cornwall's dark past.