To all outward appearances, Rynn Jacobs is a pretty thirteen-year-old, living with her poet-father in a cottage just outside of a sea-coast village in the United States. But appearances are deceiving. Mr. Jacobs has not been seen by anyone in months. The house itself seems to hold some dark secret. And Rynn is leading the life of a near-recluse, venturing from her home only for necessities.
