Publisher's Synopsis
With springtime in the air, a toddler chases a ball onto a melting ice-covered lake far beyond his parents' reach.
As the chill of Autumn comes to Minnesota, Max opens the door to find a grizzled drifter on the doorstep. Then Max realizes he knows the man.
When Julie returns to her mother's home on the shores of Lake Superior, she sees an odd shape tossed by the waves onto the beach. What is it?
