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1677 - Snatched from an Irish village by Barbary corsairs, 17 year old Hector Lynch finds himself in a bewildering world where life is cheap and only the quick- witted survive. Befriended by fellow captive Dan, they escape horrors of the slave barracks by converting to Islam; then, serving aboard a Turkish ship, their vessel is sunk at sea.

Diving for plunder in the Caribbean, Hector Lynch and his companions are spotted by a Spanish ship. Escaping capture by burning the vessel's sails - an act of piracy - they head for Tortuga, where Hector's wife Maria awaits. He longs for a better life for them both, on the right side of the law. But the crew run into Laurens de Graff - a renowned mercenary captain now in command of a royal French frigate - and after fleeing his clutches, they are cast away on a tiny desert island, Salt Tortuga.

”Quando mi vedrai morto d’amore per te, mia donna, e le mie labbra saranno schiuse, e svuotato dell’anima sarà il corpo… allora, vinta dal dolore e dal rimorso, verrai al mio capezzale e con voce tenera e sommessa dirai: Io sono colei che ti ha ucciso e pentita sono ritornata...”

Due corpi, una sola anima. Un ritorno alla vita un secolo e mezzo dopo la prima volta che annienta i confini imposti dal tempo. Una nuova vita o solo un riscatto. Ma certamente un nuovo amore che sboccia nella rivisitazione aggiornata di un passato ormai estinto.

Dani and Jones have been in love before, but they don’t know it yet. Dani, a music student at Howard University, finds herself tormented nightly by dreams of doomed lovers. While she tries to focus on her future, her life turns upside down when she meets studio guitarist, Jones. Not only does...