After Alixandra Clove's beloved Gran died, she was left with a broken heart, a comfortable inheritance, and a special necklace with a strange rune pressed into the thin metal. After several months without her closest family member, Alix decided to use her inheritance to fly to America and see where her Gran had grown up. She prepared herself to meet new people, learn different and exciting customs, and - most importantly - discover more about her Gran's life before she married and moved to France. What she was not able to prepare herself for was the incredible destiny that awaited her past the treeline bordering her Gran's hometown.