Ralph Unda has never been the same since the disappearance of his only daughter. Disturbed for some time by the death of a seagull, the young woman takes her father' s boat out one evening to photograph the sunset. Later, the Coast Guard returns with the vessel, but no Georgia. As the lighthouse keeper for Boston Light, Unda is in a prime location to keep watch. He' s a common sight on Little Brewster Island— a solitary figure gazing through binoculars, waiting for her to return from the dark, turbulent water. The puzzle of Georgia' s disappearance comes to light through multiple perspectives: Unda, a man overcome with guilt and despair, the Greek chorus of townspeople who witnessed her stormy life and her father' s devotion, Georgia' s haunting pleas traveling over the horizon, and the songs and ancient stories that keep Unda tethered to the living.