In an endless winter, she carries seeds of hope Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty--her family grows marijuana illegally, and life has always been a battle. Now shes been left behind to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesnt return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented extreme winter. With grow lights stashed in her truck and a pouch of precious seeds, she begins a journey, determined to start over away from Appalachian Ohio. But the icy roads and strangers hidden in the hills are treacherous. After a harrowing encounter with a violent cult, Wylodine and her small group of exiles become a target for its volatile leader. Because she has the most valuable skill in the climate chaos: she can make things grow. With the gripping suspense of The Road and the lyricism of Station Eleven, Stines vision is of a changing world where an unexpected hero searches for a place hope might take root.