Abby Holden changed with the sudden death of her parents. Once adventurous and fearless, she's now frozen in a cloud of fear, expecting death at every turn. Her only joy lies in her museum work, saving artifacts from decay. Nothing seems capable of lifting the fog-not her best friend, not her love of surfing, and especially not her self-centered slacker boyfriend.

Searching for some way to escape the dread-filled fog that's settled over her, Abby makes an appointment with a past-life therapist. Under hypnosis, she finds herself in tenth-century Russia, a handmaiden to the beautiful,...