Mother and daughter--Eugenia and Lena Fairfax--have come hom to Kansas to put old ghosts to rest--to exorcise Eugenia's strange dreams of a long-ago orphanage and the terrible things that have happened there. And, as present crimes continue to mirror those of the past, Lena and Eugenia are trapped in a time warp, reaping the rewards of twisted destinies and timeless vengeance.