A simple jaunt to a parallel time-line with their twin daughters turns deadly when elements of the Mormon Empire ambush Megan Connolly, Farrell Gray and their companions. Escaping without their daughters, Megan and Farrell and their friends flee across Oregon ahead of Mormon gunships, hoping to reach safety in the western foothills of the Cascade mountains. Instead they are captured by elements of the Compliance, who rule the Willamette Valley. However, the blonde leader of their captors looks very familiar...