Accompanied by Zach and her dog, Allie searches the wilderness for her mother who's been missing 542 days after a tornado swept thought the town of Mattingly. As the children wander farther into the dark woods, they discover something is following them, something that shouldn't be there. And it will take all the courage and sacrifice that two children can summon to not only save themselves, but to bring Mary home.

"Forced to sell his family farm after sacrificing everything, sixty-three-year-old Gerrit Laninga no longer knows what to do with himself. Fifteen-year-old Rae Walters has growing doubts about The Plan her parents set to help her follow in her father's footsteps. When their paths cross just as they need a friend the most, Gerrit's and Rae's lives change in unexpected ways"--