Diya Ratherson is a young single woman living, well more like struggling, and working in Branson Missouri. She never had an actual family and always wondered what it would be like to have a family. One late night she is abducted on her walk home and wakes up to find herself locked in a cellar. She soon comes to find that she's been chosen by a backwater religious cult to be their newest family member. Diya must navigate her new insane family and wait for the right moment to escape or take over.

Dsuguri'Olyi's family has lived in Threifodlt for over thirty generations, no one even remembers that there are paths to leave Threifodlt . Life in the caverns is perfect and everyone has a place and routine. Soon a deadly disease spreads through Threifodlt and Dsuguri'Olyi decides that someone must go out and look for the fabled cure. He sets off with his cousin, Uriwi'Olyi, the town's local drunk Rhystrie'Lirw, and his stowaway sister, Gari'Fumi. What will they discover on their journey and will they be able to return in time to save their home?