Five years ago, Sam Crowley vanished on his twenty-first birthday. The only clues were his footprints in the dust of three abandoned houses. One set in. One set out. Now, his mother Ro returns to the dying town of Carralon Ridge. The community is a ghost of its former self, fractured by the encroaching mining operation and years of unspoken grief. Ro is looking for answers. But in a town where everyone is leaving, the few who remain are guarding closely held secrets. In this disappearing landscape, can Ro find the truth before the dust settles forever?