Maggie hates Garrett Lucas, despises her father, and is
running from God. Stong-willed Magdelena Intissar has a temper that
matches her auburn hair. She always gets her own way, and she is
not about to let Garrett Lucas drag her away from her childhood
home to rejoin the father who deserted her when she was eight years
old. After failing to sneak down a rose trellis at her Topeka home,
Maggie boards a westbound train with Garrett. Feigning cooperation
but bent on escape, late one night, she slips off the train and
starts walking east across the prairie. The risk of death is
preferable to facing her father and her painful memories. But
Garrett--and God--have other plans.