Kate Mosse's sweeping historical epic continues her exploration of love amid conflict, following The Burning Chambers and The City of Tears. A vessel drifts silently off the Barbary Coast, its guns quieted and its hold concealing the dead, dying, and those in desperate hiding, while two figures on deck make their final stand against the overwhelming Dutch fleet. In this tale of ambiguous morality, the line between slaver and freedom fighter blurs across the water, as Mosse weaves another grand narrative of survival and conviction.
