How to Adapt and Get the Rights Back After the Publisher Went Bust

Stone and Sky was a huge journey with us that first book because it took me a long time to write. I had two different agents approach me which seems like the absolute dream come true but one of them through discussion and looking at the draft the novel decided it wasn't for her. The other one took it on but after 18 months of sending it to hither and dither she wasn't able to get a publisher for it. So eventually I just sort of had to say to her well I don't think there's anything more you or I can do for each other thank you so much  and then kind of returned to a final rewrite as this new independent Scottish publisher emerged sent it off