"Ramsy's bar is where locals gather to drink and to forget after a day in the mines in Shelk, Pennsylvania. Stella, the lone woman in their ranks, has the most to forget--the unsolved disappearance of her only child. When a group of thieving outsiders settles in the hills and begins to invade their homes and lives, lines become drawn between those residents seeking to insulate themselves from the outside world and those reaching for more. Ramsy and Stella are caught in the middle of this clash. Ramsy's quiet existence is threatened by his loyalty to a runaway who lives in the hills. And Stella suspects her long-missing child may be living among the outsiders--she too finds herself growing sympathetic to the thieves. As tensions between the townspeople and the newcomers rise, both Ramsy and Stella must decide which side they are on"--