Maggie O'Fallon's will to live has died along with her lover. More alone than ever, all she wants is to find a way to ease her pain. And Maggie finds it...losing herself in the darkest of places and ignoring the ghosts of her past with their silent warnings. Maggie s first taste of opium in a shantytown shack places her on the path toward destruction. Ultimately, she becomes a regular at Arrowtown s Chinese meeting house, firmly in the clutches of the Dragon . Maggie s chance for rescue comes in the most unlikely form, and she is dragged back from the edge of ruin to face a life with remarkable new promise. But can she overcome her personal demons and find the strength to fight for a chance at happiness, and protect the one thing dearest to her heart?Maggie must realize the healing power of love and forgiveness to discover a new life at peace with the Ghosts of Otago.