Publisher's Synopsis
Rural Cork in 1921, in a country still in turmoil...The three intruders had come in the night with the intention of firing the house, but Captain Gault had seen them off with a single shot. One, though, had been wounded and for that the Gaults were not forgiven. Other big-house families had been driven out. It was time to go too. But Lucy, soon to be nine, could not bear the thought of leaving Lahardane. As the day of departure grew closer she determined that this exile should not take place. But chance changed everything, bringing about a terrible calamity.
