Carrie Rickard throws herself obsessively into the restoration of Fairwood House, known to locals of Pagham-on-Sea as The Crows, the site of a gruesome unsolved murder years before.
Following the middle years of the life of Alfred the Great, as he gathers troops from each corner of the British Isles to launch a counterattack upon the invading Vikings.
Philippe Kermorvant, unfairly dismissed from the French Navy, accepts command of a privateer from its enigmatic owner. But the mission quickly unravels and leads him into mortal danger.
Pearl dreamed of a career on the stage, and a chance encounter makes this dream a possibility. But how far is she willing to go to become a star?