Something ancient has awakened in the tiny town of Chesset, Arkansas. Fourteen-year-old Mary Lanham lives an unremarkable life, enduring unhappy days at school and quiet evenings in her hilltop home. But everything is about to change. When the stranger in the long, gray cloak creeps out of the forest, a centuries-old mystery begins to unfold. Suddenly, Mary's life is turned upside down. As the danger grows, she learns the magical secrets of her past...