Summary

The fiercest storm in living memory pounds the shores of nineteenth century Cornwall, wrecking ships and bringing death and destruction to seafarers and coastal communities.

The fiercest storm in living memory pounds the shores of nineteenth century Cornwall, wrecking ships and bringing death and destruction to seafarers and coastal communities. When a young girl is found, washed up among the rocks of a remote North Cornish cove, she is barely alive. However her arrival, and the mystery surrounding her background, will affect the lives of those who come to know her - and, for Alice Kilpeck in particular, nothing will ever be the same again.