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Two disillusioned dreamers. One enduring mystery. And a remarkable revelation about the value of every life.Born in the scenic mountains of the Cherokee Nation in 1814, Aurora has big dreams for her future.Growing up in those same mountains of North Georgia more than one hundred fifty years later, Colleen has big dreams, too - but no time for stories about her hometown's dark history, or about Aurora, whose life and death remain a mystery. Instead, she's busy making plans to be an astronaut someday.In time, though, Colleen lets fear erode her belief in herself, and years later, rather than traveling the heavens, making great discoveries for humankind, she's mired in the drudgery of mundane work at a soulless corporation.Filled with regret, she yearns to break free from her monotonous, purposeless life, and after enduring multiple tragedies, she must make a decision: live a life of meaning, before it's too late...or continue to sleepwalk through life, and waste the time she has left.In a story of heartbreak and hope, spanning from the Trail of Tears to 9/11 and beyond, Aurora and Colleen once dreamed of making a difference in the world. Incredibly - despite being separated by the ever-shifting sands of time - can they somehow help make each other's childhood dreams come true?