For generations， Rich Gundersen's family has made a living felling giant redwoods on California's rugged coast。 It's treacherous work， and though his son， Chub， wants nothing more than to step into his father's boots， Rich longs for a bigger future for him。

Colleen just wants a brother or sister for Chub， but she's losing hope。 There is so much that she and Rich don't talk about these days ­- including her suspicions that there is something very wrong at the heart of the forest on which their community is built。

When Rich is offered the opportunity to buy a plot of timber which borders Damnation Grove， he leaps at the chance - without telling Colleen。 Soon the Gundersens find themselves on opposite sides of a battle that threatens to rip their town apart。 Can they find a way to emerge from this together？