A Hurston/Wright Legacy Award-Winning Author
In the wake of her mother's passing, Layla Hurley reconnects with her mother's sisters. Her aunts reveal to Layla that a Gullah-Geechee island off the shore of South Carolina now belongs to her. As Layla digs deeper into her mother's past and the island's history, she discovers that the nightmares that have plagued her throughout her life are actually a power passed down through her Gullah ancestors. She is a Dreamwalker, able to inhabit the dreams of others - and to manipulate them. As Layla uncovers dark secrets about her family's past, she finds herself thrust into the center of a potentially deadly, decades-old feud fought in the dark corridor of dreams.