Several years after Fontana dam flooded the town where they were born, Ingledove and her brother Lang go wandering in the southern Appalachians, where they encounter their mother's peculiar people, the Adantan, and an evil being who charms Lang.
Thirteen-year-old Meg recounts summer events in a Southern town on the banks of the Little Jordan River including her first kiss, her mother's affair, a death, an attempted suicide, and a birth.
Several years after Fontana dam flooded the town where they were born, Ingledove and her brother Lang go wandering in the southern Appalachians, where they encounter their mother's peculiar people, the Adantans, and an evil being who charms Lang.
After her parents disappear from their isolated home in the Great Smoky Mountains, Adanta discovers the truth of the Cherokee stories her father told her and embarks on a journey to thwart the sorcery that has claimed her parents.
