The Parentations

Eighteenth-century London serves as the backdrop, where the Fitzgerald sisters, Constance and Verity, find their lives tangled with the neighbouring Fowlers. Clovis Fowler has an otherworldly, Nordic look that masks a merciless hunger for control. Her husband Finn is a thief from Limehouse. Together they take in a baby whose presence draws them into a strange bond.

The mystery traces back to Iceland, to a concealed pool in a harsh but striking landscape. Its water grants endless life to anyone who drinks from it. Those who drink from the waterfall instead soon learn that immortality brings no blessing.

To keep the infant safe from people who mean him harm, the household must stay hidden for more than two centuries. Over the years, a member of their small circle becomes more dangerous than the enemies who hunt them. The life-giving pool that sustains them all is also beginning to run dry.