Sarah Jacobson, uniquely gifted and outspoken even from childhood, comes of age amid the destruction and social upheaval of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Sarah endures unfathomable sorrow and loss, inner conflict in learning to master her providential gift, and the unrelenting persecution of Lillian Brandt, the very personification of evil.
Sarah shares her family's progressive political and spiritual convictions, which results in their becoming virtual exiles within their own community. She refuses to be relegated to the accepted Victorian roles afforded women of her era, to the consternation of many, but rendering her irresistible to Dr. Benjamin Monroe.
Sarah's strength of spirit and the wisdom and counsel of her beloved grandfather empower her as she strives to master her shadows and fulfill her destiny.