Katsuren is a story about an archeologist working in exotic Okinawa who needs to learn the one thing she didn't study in college--how to trust her own heart. Karen Holt, now the proud holder of a PhD, is a woman who needs to take a vacation from herself. When she takes on a project in a dusty village in Okinawa, events--and a taste of romance--grab her and turn her image of herself upside down. The ultimate challenge comes from Mother Nature in a fierce, Okinawan incarnation that forces Karen to believe in herself and add a new page--her page--to the romantic legends of Katsuren Castle.