This is the tale of a band of strangers who were each individually called by the natural world and brought together to prevent a catastrophe. A hundred years' worth of photographic pictures, all of which of the same dying American chestnut, are given to an artist. A hard-partying college student electrocutes herself, passes away, and is then brought back to life by air and light beings. A scientist who has trouble hearing and speaking learns that trees communicate with one another. This book about trees explores how we have the power to either destroy or preserve the natural world as it moves through time and across different settings.