Meet Wendington Jones. Daughter, friend and traveller. Clever, inquisitive and witty. Twice Latin scholar, adequate horse rider and the second best fencer in three counties. And now an adventurer to boot!

She has her world abruptly upended when her adventuring mother dies in a car crash in late 1920. Left in the care of her Grandmamma and her valet Rohan, Wendington receives a parcel in the middle of the night, seemingly from her dead mother.

It’s half of her mother’s manuscript and describes a mystery surrounding the mythical Tree of Life. Unable to cope with her own grief, Wendington throws herself into finding the remainder of the manuscript and solving her mother’s mystery. However, her initial attempts are laced with danger, as people also seek to find the manuscript and reach the Tree of Life. Who can she actually trust?

Will solving her mother’s last mystery bring her the respite she desperately seeks? Or will the pursuit of immortality wipe out the last of the Jones family forever?