Young newlywed Dar Beaumont is trapped in a box of her own making that keeps growing tighter, smaller, and scarier. On the surface, her life is blossoming. Her handsome husband, Roc, has just won his dream job as an assistant district attorney in a town on the beautiful California central coast. Amid beaches, redwood groves, and a lively counterculture, Dar sets out to become the perfect wife. But Roc, caught up in his new job, reads to Dar from files about ghastly crimes and creepy cults. She becomes frightened of a strange young man who looks prehistoric to her, but keeps her fears to herself.

Since childhood, Dar has believed that traces of a person who died many years ago have found their way into her mind.

Could she have lived a past life?

She calls these memories "The Remnant." Now, as her anxieties grow, she begins to drink and hide bottles, terrified of being caught. But The Remnant is becoming more demanding and persistent. It has a life and a story-and it will not be denied.