A Story of Courage, Conviction, and the Cost of Truth
Historian Geneva Fielding works in the Archives, investigating the past and preparing time travelers for their journeys. Now, she is going back in time herself, along with physicist Peter Donatelli, to document the trial of Anne Hutchinson, but they find themselves caught in a web of politics, doctrinal disputes, and colonial intrigue. MInister John Cotton arrives and revival breaks out, but there are questions among the other ministers, and General struggles to understand the various issues.
She meets Anne Hutchinson, who seems like a kind woman. As Geneva assists the midwife through dangerous childbirths, she discovers a woman of intelligence and conviction. But Anne's teachings have divided the colony. Some see her as a threat, while her followers believe she speaks with prophetic clarity.
Magistrate John Winthrop and teacher John Cotton struggle to keep the early Massachusetts Bay Colony from splitting in two. Geneva and Peter witness the trial that will condemn Anne to exile, knowing the tragic fate that awaits her and her children. Was this necessary to preserve the fragile settlement?
They return to a future where artificial intelligence monitors every word and religious faith is sedition. Geneva and Peter risk everything by following Christ. When Geneva's AI Ratcliffe discovers her forbidden Bible, it must decide whether to report her to the authorities.
From the snowy wilderness of early Massachusetts to the sterile surveillance of a dystopian future, Geneva must learn what it means to follow Christ when both past and future demand her silence.