Paleontologist Ella Harding is a hard-headed, stubborn, spitfire of a woman that has fought her entire life against those that tell her something cannot be done. So when she is passed over for a promotion that she has been working on for years, to go to another site, she is not going without a fight no matter how much money is involved. That is until she finds out the true nature of the dig, and the opportunity that it presents. Ella soon finds herself in a huge manor full of mysteries in the middle of nowhere. Questioning everything she learns that no one is quite telling her the full truth. While Ella peels back the layers of secrecy, will it be enough to convince her to do what she was hired for? Will she brave enough, especially knowing that failing to follow it through, might mean her end as well.