Publisher's Synopsis
Life has dealt Jessie a handful of trouble. Orphaned and friendless, her aunt Helen has furnished companionship and care for as long as Jessie can remember. But when her aunt inexplicably disappears, events at the New York State care home land an injured Jessie in mortal peril. Her escape is not to freedom. Instead, she is summoned into a foreign world of conflict and upheaval, 250 years in her past. With three strange, prickly new friends and the Onondaga shaman, Nishkamich, Jessie reluctantly accepts a new life in the lakeside village. Nishkamich begins their education, knowing the power that they each possess, and the perils they will face in completing the task he demands of them. In the depths of winter, the four friends embark on a journey, exposed to all the dangers which nature and man can throw at them.
