About the book: 1997 / On the distant island of San Domingo in the Caribbean, a story of fiery and passionate love begins... The beautiful Helene Marie Larpen marries a rich planter. Everything is ready for the wedding - gifts, flowers, food. But the wedding ceremony was interrupted... A slave uprising broke out on the island. Maddened blacks are killing planters and burning their houses. Helen and her maid Divota managed to escape, but soon fell into the hands of robbers. Fate sends salvation in the form of Ryan Bayar, captain of a merchant ship..