A heartbreaking story about survival, second chances, and the mysteries of death.

Set during the Civil War, a troubled young woman ventures across the western plains with her sickly daughter in tow. Virginia Mae Mercy dreams of a new life with an unscrupulous businessman who promises her a pot of gold. But her uncertain journey soon reveals a mystery, and what she encounters along the fringes of the Oregon Trail, in the dark corners of the prairies, will change her life forever.