Believing that everything she has ever wanted is within her grasp, New York City photographer Kristin Burns suffers a recurring nightmare of increasing violence that spills over into her waking life and convinces her that everyone she loves is in mortal danger.

Abbe Deighton is a woman who has lost her bearings. Once a child of the African plains, she is now settled in Hawaii, married to a minister, and waging her battles in a hallway of monotony. There are the chafing expectations of her husband's congregation, the constant demands of motherhood, and the leaky roof. But in an instant beginning with the skid of tires, Abbe's battlefield is transformed when her three-year-old daughter is killed, triggering...