Isa has a gift. Dreams of premonitions, intuitive insight, a knack for tarot. But she is adrift. She ran away from one coast to another years ago—never looked back—but she’s still struggling to fit in and make ends meet in New York City.

When her big brother Cole unexpectedly shows up on her stoop, she’s convinced: it’s time to go home. Returning to the California desert, to late-night drag races along the toxic Salton Sea, Isa is forced to confront everything she’s run away from: the impending death of her adoptive father, Dean, the haunting memories of her twin sister, and the secrets of a mother she never got to meet. 

With Dean’s last letter, he finally reveals something that ignites Isa’s fearless internal drive. Going up and down California highways, through desert and forest, roaring coastline and border towns, she will follow the signs so delicately woven into the fabric of her life: a name, a constellation, a painting, a gleam of recognition on the water’s surface. If she can piece them together, she just might reunite the shattered remains of her beloved family. 

Artfully narrated as if by the moon herself, Shlottman’s novel is an unforgettable journey through hidden stories, the depths of women’s secrets, the shimmering fluidity of memory, and the magic of transmutation.