Young Vivian Featherstone comes from a long line of Lords and Ladies, and her family's seat of unquestionable influence, wealth and power is owed to a much treasured heirloom, passed down from generation to generation. But when little Vivian, only eleven years of age, narrowly escapes a plot by a rival, feuding family to eliminate the Featherstones, she finds herself lost in the mysterious Redwood Forest. With assassins pursuing her, and strange and dangerous creatures all around, can Vivian survive? And will she discover the power of her family's heirloom before it's too late?