In most ways, Oberon is typical of many of the small towns that dot California's central coast. Clinging to sheer, corrugated cliffs above a windswept strand of pale, golden sand, it is wreathed in fog for most of the summer months. But what Oberon lacks in glitz, glamour, and the endless sunshine boasted by its neighbors to the south, it more than makes up for with magick, mystery, and murder. Bounded on the west by the brilliant blue crescent of San Bartolo Bay and to the east by the majestic bulk of Mt. Totawka, the Sacred Mountain of local lore, the town is isolated amid a tangled network of canyons and creeks. It can be a hard place to get to, and an even harder place to leave behind. For years, Scout Patterson has tried to run from the mistakes in her past. Now, she's finally come home to face the ghosts she has never laid to rest and the love she thought she'd lost forever. Reawakening that love would be a dream come true. Unfortunately, love is not the only emotion that can rise from the ashes of an old flame. Memories and dreams. For twenty years, that's all Nick Greco has been living for. Memories of the girl he loved and lost. Dreams of what his life would be like if he could only find her again, and if he can bring himself to believe that anything she tells him is true. When Scout's homecoming is followed by a reoccurrence of deadly attacks and mysterious disappearances, Nick must find a way to solve a twenty-year-old mystery or risk losing her forever.