Leaving the Irish workhouse to labour for the redcoats, over the years, Tomas gradually learns the skill of map making. After marriage, his son, Liam accompanies him on these working trips for the English, leaving his wife and two daughters in Dublin. When he stumbles upon a copse, Tomas does not return for several days, abandoning Liam who grows frightened. When Tomas, does appear, he is no longer stern, but jibbers on hardly making sense and Liam fears his old father won’t return. Tomas no longer wishes to help the English map Ireland and Liam is worried for the rest of the family who need the money. But what lays install for Tomas, is far worse and sets him at odds with Liam for the remainder of his life.
Dom and his children Raff, Fen and Orly live on remote Shearwater Island, halfway from Australia and Antarctica. With climate change resulting in more fires, violent storms and the sea level rising with islands already submerged, they are responsible for the upkeep of a seed bank that will supply the world with food. Fen rescues a woman tangled in kelp and Dom discovers her wrecked craft and dead skipper on the other side of the island. When Rowan recovers from near death, she grows suspicious of Dom who is vague about the whereabouts of her husband. Likewise, Dom grows wary of her as she has not revealed that she’s come for her husband. Who is responsible for his disappearance?
Hana is a teenager determined to escape her hand to mouth existence while living with her often absent mother in a small apartment in a Tokyo suburb. When not at school, she works in a local restaurant saving her earnings. But when one of her mother’s boyfriends steals her savings, she is devastated until she runs into her mother’s friend Kimiko whom she remembers from earlier, who befriended her. Hana moves to another part of Tokyo where Kimiko opens a bar. Although underage, Hana works hard and drinks hard to make a successful life with Kimiko. Hana befriends clients while working, pays the bills and saves the profits. Life is looking up with Kimiko and her living in a small apartment, but everything is about to change.
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