Book description
Saran Chandler sees her mother and baby sister sold by her evil
stepfather, Enoch Jacobs, and escapes the same fate herself when Enoch
falls into a canal and drowns. Determined to reunite her family, she
travels to Wednesbury, and after many adventures, finds her sister.
Helpless, Saran Chandler stands by as her mother and younger sister are
sold by the vile Enoch Jacobx and herself narrowly escapes the same
fate. When Enoch drowns, Saran swears that she will not rest until she
has secured her family's release, but - penniless and friendless -
barely knows where to start. Saran's courage and virtue bring their own
rewards: when she benefits from an act of kindness, she uses the gift to
become a nailmaster in Wednesbury, a dark and grimy place, in thrall to
the vicious Zadok Minch, whose godfearing exterior masks perverse
tastes. Zadok Minch, the man who had once bought Saran's mother and
sister to satisfy his evil lusts . . .
