In 1912, the State of Maine erased a mixed-race island community — evicted the living, dug up the dead, and wiped their presence off Malaga Island. Over a century later, a family vacations in the very house built by the men who led the effort. The children turn a verse found carved into the stone basement into a song, and that song awakens the spirits of the island. They are more than spirits; they are family. And those ancestors are owed a debt that has come due. Together, they collect that debt and bring peace to their family, both living and dead