“All I want in this life is to spend the rest of it in peace with my family, is that so wrong?” 

Kidnapped as a ransom by the Cherokee Indians as an infant and never returned to her true family, a European young woman named Maria grows up never knowing of her true identity. But when a letter arrives twenty years later, claiming to be written by a James Williams, Maria’s world comes crashing down. Lies are discovered, secrets are unearthed, and choices must be made—return home and start afresh, or remain with the Cherokees and resist the government’s growing hatred against them all? Maria finds herself utterly crushed and wondering why God would allow such evil and suffering; but despite the spiraling doubts and fears that plague her heart, can Maria rise above the ashes and come out stronger, finer than gold tested in fire?