Something is shaking Erin's world. Freak storms and disastrous earthquakes ravage the land, and perfectly healthy people are suddenly dying. Are these harmless coincidences or deliberate, connected events? Erin's parents die of a mysterious fever, but she isn't fooled. It is clearly murder. Why would someone want to kill a weaver and his wife? Besides, Erin can feel that same malevolent energy hunting her down. Is that a new skill she didn't know she had? With no time to grieve, Erin joins a merchant caravan for protection and to give herself time to solve the puzzle. Who killed her parents? Why are they trying to kill her, too? And why is the planet unraveling?