Lindsay escapes her grave, but part of her memory, her serenity and courage desert her. The amnesia subsides, yet some gaps remain. Determinedly, Lindsay proceeds with her life, trudging to her next assignment, the excavation of an 1830s farm site on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. But she can't leave her problems behind. Elements of the past, present and future weave together at this historic site.
Mysteries surface concerning the families who built the homestead.
Unexplained behaviors pit member against member in the archaeology team. Accusations of murder cast shadows over the whole group. Tempers turn ugly. Lindsay sees a ghost, and her would-be murderers hover on the horizon. A legion of NASA technicians and their Star Wars equipment descend on the archaeology site.