In the mid-19th century, Leonie Russell works alongside her husband, Junius, an oysterman in the Washington Territory. At night she continues her father's lifelong obsession-- collecting artifacts and studying the native culture that once thrived in the area. On her 37th birthday, Leonie discovers a mummy protruding from a riverbank--a mummy that by all evidence shouldn't exist. As Leonie searches for clues to the mummy's origins, she begins to feel...