Jenna Turner is the fruition of all the Turners before her. Even as a child, her facility with The Control was evident. Set in the Appalachian Mountains in the late 1800's the initial book of The Turner Chronicles (The Coming of Tanis) details the mountain peoples' struggle against the vampires who rise every seven years from the spring equinox through the end of autumn. Philosophy infused with quantum physics guides Jenna's path. There are no stereotypical images here of the Appalachian region or of cold, clammy vampires. This is a story of enlightenment and growth through struggle ... Jenna's story ... as she finds love in the intimate physical sense and in the greater philosophical understandings she acquires.