In 1859 North Yorkshire, a young Māori woman travels alone from Aotearoa to a remote English manor, drawn by a letter promising answers about her family. Welcomed by a former whaler with a conspicuous fascination for Māori culture, she begins to experience visions steeped in a history that is not entirely her own, gradually uncovering a horrifying colonial truth that transforms her search for identity into a fight for freedom and survival. A confident, genre-inventing debut that confronts the brutal legacy of colonialism through striking gothic horror imagery, honouring the resilience of Māori women even amid its most grotesque passages.