Kissed from the spray of the Iguaçú Falls in the lush heart from the Brazilian rain forest, the luminous woman Tamires kneels, looking for answers. The falls possess usually beckoned her, their draw as incomprehensible as the fireplace that melts away inside her-a open fire whose elemental drive is the important to unlocking her mystical future.

Thirty years previous, youthful Tamires was abandoned beneath the falls with only a sparkling amethyst pendant linking her to her origins. Right now, as extraordinary powers awaken within her, she knows she must finally unearth the truth behind her past. Her search leads her to a visionary astronomer, towards the enchanted falls where she was found, and-most dangerously-to another man.

At every switch, Tamires confronts tightly guarded secrets shielded by lays that threaten not merely her family members but also the future of all humankind. Only she holds the energy to discover the truth, and to fulfill her destiny of righting a perilously unbalanced world.