In the bitter winter of 1847 from an Ireland torn by injustice and naturaldisaster the <strong>Star of the Sea</strong> sets sail for New York. On board are hun... » 

In the bitter winter of 1847 from an Ireland torn by injustice and naturaldisaster the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York. On board are hundreds offleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secretbankrupt Lord Meridith and his family an aspiring novelist a maker ofrevolutionary ballads all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. Eachis connected more deeply than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killeris stalking the decks hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution. Thetwentysix day journey will see many lives end others begin afresh. In aspellbinding story of tragedy and mercy love and healing the further the shipsails towards the Promised Land the more her passengers seem moored to a pastwhich will never let them go. «