Amelia and Jacob have landed in a very familiar where. The when is a whole other matter. Jacob's first experience time traveling leaves him and Amelia stranded in 1861 Louisiana on the cusp of the Civil War. With no luggage and no invitation, they find themselves at the mercy of Charles and Brigitte Deschanel, who, for now, believe they are cousins visiting from abroad. The tragic circumstances which led them to flee the present now leave them both struggling to make sense of their own individual grief. Amelia's sorrow drives her further from Jacob, and into the strange world of an eccentric...