Beyond the Western coast of Ireland lies the Great Blasket Island. It was once home to a small, fiercely independent community of people but by November 1953 the island had been abandoned forever. We follow the fate of one family, the Kearneys, and their search for new lives in America.
The first message sent to Tom Thorne's phone was just a picture - the blurred image of a man's face, but Thorne had seen enough dead bodies to know that the man was no longer alive. But who was he? Who sent the photograph? And why? While the technical experts attempt to trace the sender, Thorne searches the bulletins for a reported death that matches the photograph. Then another picture arrives.