Unlike her mother, a famous psychic, Christy Loren fears her unwanted legacy and the horrifying visions that always appear too late. Desparate for peace and safety, she flees to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the reasuring presence of her Aunt Nona. But a mystery even more threatenting awaits her, a puzzle surrounding a writer"s death and the disappearance of her enigmatice cousin, Dierdre.