A Trinidad-set story about a gravedigger and a girl with the gift of speaking to the dead.

Darwin is a gravedigger, newly arrived in the city of Port Angeles to seek his fortune. Estranged from his mother and the Rastafari faith she taught him, he is convinced that the father he never met may be waiting for him somewhere amid the bustling streets.

In an old house on a hill, where the city meets the rainforest, Yejide's mother is dying. She is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: the power to talk to the dead. The women of Yejide's family are descended from corbeau, the black birds that fly east at sunset, taking with them the souls of the dead.

Darwin and Yejide's destinies are intertwined, and they will find one another in the sprawling, ancient cemetery at the heart of Port Angeles. This is a story of loss and renewal, darkness and light; a reckoning with a grief that runs back generations.