Starting in 1811 Bath, Somerset, where the fortunes of two ‎young people become intertwined, when Kaspian Blake ‎takes on a social experiment as a bet, to transform the life ‎of a poorhouse young woman. His experiment turns out to ‎be far more than he bargained for.‎ Alas it all falls apart when Kaspian is forced to face ‎previously unimagined consequences, causing both their ‎lives to take different paths through the horror of the ‎Napoleonic wars, though never far apart but never ‎crossing.‎ The question for Kaspian is whether he will ever find her ‎again.‎ For the experiment herself, was she ever really a suitable ‎candidate? ‎