Lily Karsten has been living in Liverpool for three years with her unloved husband. Every day she yearns for Jo Bolten, the man she loves. For three years, Jo Bolten has been trying to cope with her grief. He wants to take revenge on Ludwig Olkert, the most influential merchant in Hamburg, for the fact that through the latter's fault he lost Lily. He will take from Olkert what he loves most in the world - money. Finally, Lili returns to Hamburg. Another crisis is brewing in the Karsten shipping company, and the marriage is increasingly looking like a prison. Will the Karstens be able to weather the next storm? And what will happen when Yo sees his daughter? The second book in the Miriam Georg dilogy.