West Indies, 1718. So far Tess and William have prevented anything from separating them, but now a fall in a cave has done so. Believing Tess has died in the fall, William sets about rescuing his friends from capture by a slave ship crew while Tess engineers her own rescue using the powers of three strange rings that she has found.However, she stands to lose everything–love, family,and even her life–as the remaining rings have awoken, throwing her into the path of a psychotic killer.