Publisher's Synopsis
When James Lowrie returns to the village of Buckie at the end of World War I, the feuds between him, his brother James and their sister Bethany are reignited. As the years pass and the Lowrie children reach adulthood, James and Bethany battle over her son Adam. Bethany wants him to find a life away from Buckie - and the dark famiy secrets - whilst James sees Adam as his successor on the steam drifter FIDELITY. Adam himself is more interested in Etta Mulholland, but soon must choose between pleasing his mother or following the man he knows as his uncle...