The Mountains Sang Their Silent Melody

Precocious nine-year-old Frances promises to help their friend Ophelia find her mother, who left for the city five years ago. In their valley town, this proves to be more difficult than the two imagined. Where sympathetic adults are few and far between, and the justice order called the Corpus is apathetic at best, Frances turns in desperation to the mountains. Strange things have been known to happen in the mountains. It is said to be a place where spirits linger, and where raw, natural magic permeates. People who venture to the mountains' foggy heights find what they are looking for. Or else, they find what they deserve ...