Publisher's Synopsis
Set on The Lizard, the remote southernmost peninsula of the island of Britain, Alan M. Kent's novel examines the ancient profession of craftsmen who work and turn the unique, patterned stone found there, known as serpentine. It begins with the war-time discovery of newly-born twins, who are found abandoned and afloat upon the ocean, and culminates in a beautiful but haunting love story of people placed on the very edge of life.