It's not just the future that comes at you quickly, for Pearl McCann the past is a tornado that's about to tear her life apart.Pearl has long been at odds with the world, working in disaster zones, saving her conscience from a privileged upbringing. She is often charmless, sarcastic, frequently obnoxious but equally determined to do the right thing and to fight causes that others ignore.Returning to the UK she faces the legacy of an extraordinary inheritance, a heart stoppi...

When there's no way back and no way forward, the only option is....... one Donnie Knight must decide as his easy life as a guitarist in the Nashville music scene is torn apart. Witnessing a shocking murder, a dying Honduran woman passes him a black opal, a rare precious stone. Her last words illicit a promise from Donnie, impossible to keep.Keen to know what happened, Donnie becomes frustrated when Police Department's priorities relegate the murder of an illegal immigrant t...