A woman vanished at the edge of the world. The true story of Marguerite de la Rocque. Set against the backdrop of 16th-century exploration, colonial authority, and moral judgment. In 1542, during France’s earliest attempts to colonize North America, a young noblewoman named Marguerite de la Rocque sailed across the Atlantic as part of a colonial expedition. What began as a hopeful voyage into the New World became a nightmare and a tale of survival unlike any other.