In a quiet house in Rishton, Sandra Kenny inherits more than a place to live.

A desk.
A key.
A ledger that was never meant to be read.

When a local locksmith helps her open what has long been sealed, what they find is not treasure—but something far more enduring. A record of a life at sea, names that have not been spoken in centuries, and a cipher that reveals just enough… before withholding the one thing that matters most.

As the past begins to take shape, Sandra is faced with a different kind of inheritance—one not measured in gold, but in what has been kept, protected, and passed down.

The final book in The Mercy Trilogy.