In the bitter winter of 1847 from an Ireland torn by injustice & natural disaster the Star of the Sea sets sail for New York On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees Among them are a maidservant with a devastating secret bankrupt Lord Merridith & his family an aspiring novelist a maker of revolutionary ballads all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home Each is connected more deeply than they can possibly know But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution The twenty-six day journey will see many lives end others begin afresh In a spellbinding story of tragedy & mercy love & healing the further the ship sails towards the Promised Land the more her passengers seem moored to a past which will never let them go