The fourth part of the "Clifton Chronicles" begins with a phone call at dawn: Harry and Emma's son has been involved in a fatal car accident...

But is Sebastian really dead? As Harry and his wife rush to the hospital, frantic with worry, they don't know that this is only the first of the unexpected twists of fate they will soon face...

When Ross Buchanan resigns from Barrington Shipping, Emma decides to run for the presidency herself. But Don Pedro Martinez promotes his puppet, Major Alex Fisher, to destroy the company, just as the construction of the luxurious Buckingham liner begins...

Meanwhile, Harry and Emma's daughter wins a scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art. There she falls in love with a fellow student, Clive Bingham, who asks her to marry him. Both families are thrilled until Jessica's future mother-in-law receives a visit from an old friend: Lady Virginia Fenwick ensures to poison the wedding preparations...

And then, suddenly, Cedric Hardcastle, a man from nowhere, appears on the Barrington board. Whom Hardcastle supports will determine whether Emma or Fisher wins the presidency. And this development will change the lives of the Cliftons and the Barringtons forever, in ways they could not have imagined...