2040 was an important year to me for two reasons. First, it was when I decided to leave the Space Colonies and move back to Recife. Second, it was in 2040 I found out about The Cult.
England 1555. An isolated group of salt farmers arrange illegal passage to Europe for an Indian Gypsy family in hiding. But a love affair between Patience, a mute English girl, and Rumi, the son of the Egyptians, threatens to destroy both communities.