Annie Perry is born beside the coal-muddied canals of the Black Country at the height of the industrial revolution. At nine years old she is sold for six guineas to the famous and feared bare-knuckle boxer Bill Perry, the Tipton Slasher. From that moment on, Annie will fight - for Bill and for her future. A compelling story of overcoming all the odds, and a woman centuries ahead of her time, set on the canals of nineteenth-century England.