In the summer of 1917, the world is in turmoil. Ethelwynne Graves sees her fiancé off to war while yearning to stretch her wings within her still-sheltered life. As the war rages across the sea, Sean Spunner has his sights on a local battle of his own. Running for political office threatens to resurrect his past sins, and dredge up the not-so-distant behavior of his wife and her progressive ideals. Will Sean and Hattie survive the public pushback his campaign ignites? World War I and its aftermath completes The Malevolent Trilogy in this poignant novel spanning half a decade.