Amber Lacey is on the run: from her past, from her future, from the call of God . . . .A child is dead. Amber is responsible. Anguished by her patient's death--and by her own sense of failure--Amber drops out, packs up, and heads west across Canada, resolving never to practice medicine again. What could be farther from her past than working on a horse ranch in western Alberta?Against the advice of local veterinarian Ben Miller, she takes a job on the Niven ranch--and soon discovers Ben is right: something strange is going on there. But only when Amber's beloved horse goes missing do the two of them stumble onto the shocking truth. And only when Amber reconciles herself to God--and to His call on her life--can she and Ben help right the wrongs they have uncovered . . .