It follows Susan Zalkind as she tries to piece together the truth behind the murders of Erik Weissman, Brendan Mess and Raphael Teken in Massachusetts.
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.