Nathan Elliott returns home to be with his dying father but within days he has disappeared. Methodist circuit rider Thaddeus Lewis joins the hunt but is disturbed by the arrival of Nathan's wife, who is a psychic. This historical mystery includes a strange wild boy, murder, and ultimately, the truth about what happened to Nathan.

Upper Canada, 1844. Nathan Elliott returns to the lakeside village of Wellington to be at his dying father's side. Within a few days, his brother reports that Nathan disappeared without a trace. Then Nathan's wife arrives in the village claiming that she can contact the dead.