Hyko and her people had always been bound by rules. Elders were to respect and uphold the laws of the spirits the men were to take direction from the elders while the women and children were to obey the men without question. No one was to question how things were. There was no defying the laws of the spirits. Stay in line and everything would be fine. Step out of line and you were sure to be scrutinized and punished. But when strange men invade the land of Hyko and her people, the sacred ways of their culture are broken. Panic spreads throughout the land. Children, women and young girls go...

Malia Pearson knew from the time that she was seven years old that her life wouldn't be normal-but nothing could've prepared her for the painful, obstacle-filled endeavor it has come to be. With a mother who doesn't know how to love, a father who never comes home, a spoiled kid sister and a brother with special needs, Malia is left alone to struggle through desperate and drastic attempts to find a sweet escape.