A pre-teen girl runs away from home. She leaves a note to her parents in which she says, "I am not running away from home, but running towards my future." So begins an adventure story with more twists and turns than can be counted. The two threads which weave through the story are the one with the grieving family of the run-a-way child and the one of the young explorer and her remarkable adventure. A guaranteed page-turner with equal parts of death, life, love and sacrifice. A memorable journey which will inject the reader into the story as participant.