Terence stumbles out of a blizzard into the lives of Sarah Leigh and her sister Evelyn in impoverished rural Antrim during the 1641 rebellion. "You can't understand me without understanding my grandfather" Terence intrigues Evelyn by telling her. So, before he confides his own past to her, he explains the amazing biography of the country boy Myles. What did Terence endure before becoming a refugee? What is the secret family shame that demands his silence? And how might Terence achieve redemption?