Sumner wakes up in a Mission cabin where a missionary priest has nursed him back to health. With the counsel of the priest and the example of his Inuit, saviours Sumner begins to piece himself together. As spring arrives, Sumner returns to Hull to seek out Baxter, claim his wages, and start the next chapter of his life. But is Sumner walking into a trap? And has he really seen the last of Drax?