Publisher's Synopsis
On its way to the Galapagos Islands, a light aircraft crashes into the sea. Zoologist Daniel Kennedy is confronted with a stark Darwinian choice - should he save himself, or Nancy, the woman he loves? But how can one moment of betrayal ever be forgiven? And after he escapes the plane and swims for help, who is the elusive figure who guides him away from certain death? Back in London, Daniel thinks he finds the answer, and it is connected with what happened to his great-grandfather on the first horrific day of Passchendaele. But as the past collapses into the present, the fissures in his relationship with Nancy begin to show - until he's given a second chance to prove his courage and earn her forgiveness.
