Polly Whittacker is left to pick up the pieces of a childhood split in two by Laurel Perry Leroy, and somehow pass her college courses while she's at it. Polly and Tom must unravel the truth of Hunsdon House and Laurel's rules if they are ever to be sure of their lives, and their souls. Along with this, Polly begins to recover the story she started years ago, the Tales of Nowhere...