1780: Forced to flee his home, a Bo’et child must walk the pathway alone. The boy’s perilous journey is veiled in secrecy and should secure his safety, but it sets in motion a chain of events which will echo through time.
1983: Devastated by the death of her husband and unwilling to raise her sons in London, Gillyflower Smith relocates to the North West Highlands of Scotland and is determined to create a new life, but on the first night in their new home everything changes.
1809: On the isolated Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Ruaraidh MacCallion relies on alcohol to ease debilitating pain and suppress the truth of his alien, Bo’et bloodline. When a beautiful woman and her two sons arrive unannounced, he harbours doubts regarding her honesty, but is powerless to resist the passion she ignites. Is Ruaraidh capable of love, an emotion neither given nor received for more than thirty years?
Adrift on an ocean of grief, surrounded by secrets and mysteries she struggles to understand, Gilly focuses on the children. Entangled in a web of time travel, identical twin brothers and phenomena beyond her comprehension, she searches for the truth. Reassured when her two sons confidently accept their new life, she strives to do the same and gradually finds herself drawn to those who live and work at Dalnabreck.