This is a novel about the survival of the planet. It tells the story of Kukuli, a young woman sent by the Oca, a people of great wisdom and power, to The Land, a place where humans are most adamant in using knowledge to control nature. While she travels, Kukuli is distraught by the increasing devastation of the world. She finds solace when she meets and speaks with the ghosts of the people who inhabited The Land before their world changed. Finally, Kukuli meets someone from The Land, falls in love and has a child with him. Their daughter Qallariy has all the powers of the Oca, but must grow up in The Land, where she is seen as different, other.