The powerful and emotional story of two brothers and a sister sold into slavery to different countries One is a missionary in early 19th century Liberia, his sister a pioneer in the late 19th century Wild West, and the youngest a GI in Yorkshire in the 2nd world war We learn of their plights from themselves, the English captain who bought them, and the guilt-ridden voice of their father, who has waited for their return for over 200 years