Internationally bestselling author Barbara Wood delivers a new novel, Sacred Ground, that spans an epic 2,000 years, tracing one family from the Native Americans' western slopes to present-day California.

Marimi, a healer in her tribe, the Topaa, is unprepared for what fate holds in store for her. The Topaa live in a beautiful coastal settlement, a place that will one day be called California. But because of jealousy, Marimi is placed under a curse, and from that moment her family's legacy unfolds.

From pre-historic California to the days of Spanish explorers to the mission-building era of Mexican expansion to the swashbuckling cowboy years of early Los Angeles and right up to present day, Sacred Ground tells the story of the female descendents of Marimi. It recounts their loves, their betrayals, their losses, their families, and the ruthless ambition that would forge a new country.