Mara Wildes has lived a life of unknowns. Left on a firehouse doorstep as an infant, she has never fit anywhere and never had any answers to how her own life started. She has all but given up hope when a mysterious package arrives and sends her on a path to her birthplace nearly 600 miles from her Chicago home.The Missouri Ozarks.Immediately, her new surroundings open up a whole new world for Mara. Befriending locals, meeting a man that makes her heart race, and sleeping under starry skies were things she never expected to be doing but they light up her life like never before. Unfortunately, with light also comes darkness. Local lore about demons in the trees and tales of witchcraft swirl amongst the secrets of Mara's past. A legend of a shadow man begins to invade her dreams and something evil seems to have crept into her home. Then local children start to vanish and all eyes turn toward the newcomer to their sleepy lakeside town.Mara grapples to find absolution in a reality that seems to be more supernatural than real, just hoping she can escape falling victim to the secrets hidden away in the Ozark hills.