Determined to restore her family fortune and clear her name, seventeen-year-old Gabrielle March sets out for the island of Anglia. Accompanying her is Thomas Smithson, the young blacksmith she has loved since childhood. Rough seas and turbulent winds lie ahead for both at the hands of cunning pirates, whiskey smugglers, highwaymen, opium dealers, and assassins. After Thomas's arrest, Gabrielle isn't sure who to trust at the Duke's court, which soon turns out to be a den of snakes. Looming over all is the menacing shadow of the plague. Will Gabrielle, now branded an outlaw, find a way to protect the people she loves?