Violet Haner and her best friend Evie, have jut moved to Monroeville.Violet only wants to begin a fresh start in a new town, she isn't expecting anything out of the ordinary. Soon she discovers that this town is anything but ordinary. The town is full of secrets, the kind that were never meant to be discovered. After she whitnesses a fight between her mysterious neighbor and what appears to be his enemy, she has already seen too much. Soon, Violet finds herself caught up in a silent battle that has been going on for centuries, by societies that she could have never imagined existed.