Marooned on a desolate island, Martin Conisby has spent years nursing two obsessions: the memory of a love destroyed and the burning need for vengeance against the men who stole everything from him. His solitary existence is a purgatory of rage and regret, each day a prayer for the blood of his enemies. Then Joanna crashes into his world like a storm, a fierce and feral woman whose own past is written in equal parts violence and mystery. She is everything Martin despises, yet she ignites something he thought long dead. As secrets unravel and danger closes in from the sea, these two wounded survivors must decide whether revenge is worth sacrificing the fragile, unexpected thing beginning to bloom between them. Farnol crafts a tale of primal longing and hard-won redemption, set against the raw beauty of an island that becomes a crucible for the soul.
