With her artist father missing and a forest fire edging closer, Sage Picard returns to northern Minnesota for what should be a relaxing semester-long teaching break. No way that's happening To make matters worse, her inherited psychic powers refuse to kick in with their usual problem-solving guidance. Meanwhile, a suspicious power broker wants Sage's property. When she becomes the victim of a nighttime attack, it's clear something's up, yet none of it makes sense. How does Judd, her father's prot g , fit in? And then there's the disappearance of Watson Mason, husband of elderly Montana, or MT, as she's affectionately called. In steps Alex Rogers, a brash investigator who refuses to play by the rules. Can an old father-and-daughter game shed light on the situation? Is it time to pack up and bail? Or is there still time for some mystic force to come into play?