Meridian has always been an outcast. It seems that wherever she goes, death and grief follow. On her sixteenth birthday, a car crashes in front of family's home - and though she's untouched, Meridian body explodes in pain. Before she can fully recover, Meridian is told that she's a danger to her family and is hustled off to her great-aunt's house to Colorado. There she learns the secret her parents have been hiding for her entire life. Meridian is a Fenestra, the half-angel, the half-human link between the living and the dead. It's crucial that Meridian learn how to transition human souls to the afterlife- how to help people die. Only then can she help preserve the balance between the good and the evil on earth.