
DavidCharleston,onceaworldrenownedjournalist,nowlivesalonemaintainingtheThunderRocklighthouseinLakeMichigan.Hedoesn'tcashispaychecksandhasnocontactotherthanthemonthlyinspector'svisit.Whenalone,heimaginesconversationswiththosewhodiedwhena19thcenturypacketshipwithsome60passengerssank.Heimaginestheirlives,theirproblemstheirfearsandtheirhopes.Inoneoftheseconversationsherecallshisowneffortsinthe1930swhenhetrieddesperatelytoconvincefirsthiseditorsandlaterthepublicofthedangersoffascismandtheinevitabilityofwar.Fewwouldlisten.Oneofthepassengers,aspinster,tellsherstoryofseekingindependencefromaworlddominatedbymen.There'salsothecaseofadoctorwhoisbanishedforusingunacceptablemethods.Davidhasgivenuponlifebuttheimaginarypassengersgivehimhopeforthefuture






