They're known as Firestarters. Boomers. Skychangers. The government
calls them Illegals--children with inexplicable abilities--and detains
them in menacing facilities so that society is kept out of harm's way.
Ashala Wolf and her Tribe of fellow Illegals have taken refuge in the
Firstwood, a forest eerily conscious of its inhabitants, where they do
their best to survive and where they are free to practice their
abilities. But when Ashala is compelled to venture outside her
territory, she is betrayed by a friend and captured by an enemy. Injured
and vulnerable, with her own Sleepwalker ability blocked, Ashala is
forced to succumb to a machine that will pull secrets from her mind.
It's only a matter of time before the machine ferrets out the location
of the Tribe. Her betrayer, Justin Connor, is ever-present, saving her
life when she wishes to die and watching her every move. Will the Tribe
survive the interrogation of Ashala Wolf?