it is 1929 and Carson McKenna is uneasy. Although he and the rest of the Family are celebrating another wedding, there is still a feeling that something ominous is coming. In this the ninth of the McKenna Chronicles, Stephen and Amelia are forced into another decision about their life together, Gideon is set to embrace a new chapter of his, while Carson will make a choice that could ravage his future. There is a new era looming, and the Family has no idea that the summer of 1929 is just the beginning.