"Moise Stark is a scrawny kid of twelve when his father kills his Native American mother then sells his little sister to the Indian hunters and Moise to the slavers. An impulsive move delivers Moise into the hands of a family hidden to the world--keepers of a sacred pool--and he will spend the next decade moving between the secreted family, the black-robed Catholics, and finally, his mother's own people as he searches for his sisters, for understanding, for peace. When he sees Lettie LeGrau dancing in the moonlight he determines to make her his own. He does so and together they create a haven of peace they call Eden. But a farming accident robs Moise of his mobility; Lettie is forced to leave their garden to work in a mining gamp; and his father, still wanting him dead, finds Eden. This is the story of a love that grows, flowers, and continues to bloom long after the unimaginable has been forgotten."--