Erin Miller was alone in the world after her Uncle Ernie died, but he left her a hunting lodge full of secrets in the Kiamichi Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma. She packed up her belongings and left Tulsa, determined to make the lodge into a home. Just as she was settling in and making friends in the nearby town of Kanichi Springs, events on the other side of the world caused drastic changes in her life and the lives of all Americans. Erin and her friends soon found themselves struggling to survive in their Kiamichi Refuge.