Why

Neglected by her mother, and forgotten by her father. Savannahs grandparents took her to live at Peaceful View - a seventeen century colonial house, built by her English/ Scottish great-grandfather. The juxtaposition of Savannahs upbringing, and the loss she felt when her dearest aunt Victoria died; traumatised her. By the time Savannah was five years old, she had turned to drink. Experienced death, torture, sibling rivalry and strict family discipline. This led to her behaving in ways her family neither understood nor accepted. Considered abnormal - she was branded the devils child!
The story begins with Savannahs return to the island of her birth after twenty-one years in England. When Savannah reaches her ancestral home, she is met by billowing black smoke. The seventeen century ancestral home she had inherited, had been burnt to a pile of smouldering ashes. Then from the smoke, the frightening figure of a man appeared. As if that werent enough, she discovered that the uncle who had abused her as a child, has threatened to kill her. As she struggles to come to terms with the issues that have plagued her life. Savannah is forced to confess a gruesome childhood secret. As one nightmare after another unfolds; Savannah embarked on the journey of her life. The events that follows, forces Savannah to face the appalling secrets of her past.