Impossible visions, great animals, ancient weapons, and a desperate voyage lead a lonely young girl to discover who she really is. One dark May night thirteen year-old Sarah Cooley appears at Tom Olsen’s door in the Pacific Northwest to announce she is his granddaughter. She thinks she has arrived at the end of the earth, a land of wet forbidding forest, a place remote, strange, and mysterious. Just then preparing to leave with his Native American friends for Washington State's Olympic Peninsula wilderness, Tom doesn’t know what to do. Cancel his trip and place Sarah in school, or bring her with them? When his friends suggest bringing Sarah might teach her some sorely needed lessons about character, responsibility and grit, Tom reluctantly agrees. All too soon they all start to wonder – are they taking Sarah Cooley on this journey, or is she taking them? "I fell into a dark space, sliding on mud, a long way. I hit my head…Time passed…My leg hurt. I tried calling for help. I heard nothing… Later, I saw the yellow eyes of a bear. The bear was looking at me. I was not surprised to see the bear. The yellow eyes gave light so I could see. The bear watched me. "We waited in the dark, lighted by the bear’s stare. We were waiting, together…" \t