with his family on Jekyll Island, Georgia, in 1792, seeking to escape the violence of the French Revolution. The three books of the Jekyll Island trilogy follow four generations of the family who live through the rise and fall of their sea island cotton plantation, as they wrestle with the issues of slavery, betrayal, guilt, and war. Despite the turbulence of their lives, they emerge as individuals who seek to love, forgive, and find fulfillment in an uncertain world. This is the third book of the trilogy.