This the second volume of the author's trilogy about the lives of the Delpechs, a late 17th century French Huguenot family who have fallen foul of King Louis XIV's rules enforcing Catholic uniformity. At the end of the first book, Jacob was exiled to the New World, while his wife Jeanne has escaped to Geneva, a Calvinist stronghold. Most of the book follows Jacob's grim voyage and further travels, including falling in with pirates and coming across a former enemy from France in a new guise. Jeanne's exploits are less dramatic but she faces rivalry from local traders as she tries to earn a living in Geneva, while the city comes under pressure from France to give up the Huguenot refugees. At the end of the book, it looks like they are shortly to be reunited in London. This book was good, but for me lacked the dramatic flow of the first book. Will look forward to the final book in the trilogy, though. ( )