This is a murder mystery with a sci-fi twist, outside the genre plot formula. The reader puts pieces of the puzzle together, while the investigator, Maya Whitehawk, follows a trail of murders and becomes friends with the killer. Set in the mythical forest of the Canadian north, the shifting boundaries between reality and imagination, rule of law and natural justice, good and evil, defy definition. Mysteries are solved and new ones transpire, driving the curiosity of Maya onward and help her come to terms with the persisting grief of her past.