"Ethan " she yelled as she slid to her knees beside him. Gayle wrapped her arms around him but could not pull him from the tree. "I'm here, I'm here," she cried. In 1880, newlyweds Ethan and Gayle Rush travel to Bluff Lake, Illinois, seeking a remedy for Ethan's speech affliction. But should finding a cure mean going through hell? Two doctors at the prestigious Barnes Sanitarium are more interested in cause and effect, and Ethan unwittingly becomes a test subject for their medical experiments. Gayle and Ethan not only have to travel a long distance physically to return home to Solon, Wisconsin, but it becomes a harrowing mental journey as well. Will Gayle be able to help her husband battle all the demons within his tortured mind, and bring him back to the man she loves? And can they shut Barnes down for good?