"The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs... has been, not whether be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it." John Locke, Essay on Human Understanding In the second in a three-book series, Laura Delorange and Steve Scolarzski cultivate a new relationship after lifetimes of bitter disappointments. In the breathtaking beauty of Vermont, they nurture changed lives: Laura as an attorney with a Burlington law firm and Steve as a seasoned Vermont State Police investigator. When Laura is recruited by her former VSP lieutenant to serve undercover and resolve a painful incident from the past, she finds herself trapped in a cult-like community in the far reaches of the Northeast Kingdom.