Ever since Margot was born, it's been just her and her mother. No history to hold on to, no relative to speak of. Margot wants family, she wants a past. She finds a photograph pointing her to a town called Phalene. When Margot gets there, it is not what she bargained for. Did her mother leave to hide her own past-- or to protect Margot from what's still there? There is poison in their family tree-- and now that Margot is in Phalene, she might never escape. -- adapted from jacket.