It is 1805 and Mary Lambert has always felt safe among the deaf
community of Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard where practically everyone
communicates in a shared sign language, but recent events have
shattered her life; her brother George has died, land disputes
between English settlers and the Wampanoag people are becoming
increasingly bitter, and a "scientist" determined to discover the
origins of the islands' widespread deafness has decided she makes the
perfect "live specimen"—and kidnapped her.
