A Romanian Jew, Gina is a young woman wondering where she belongs. Her memories are jumbled and hazy, and she endures regular cuttings from her superstitious mother--”to clease her of infection.” Gina isn’t sure what to believe or whom to turn to. Just as she begins to feel the first stirrings of love for a neighbor village boy, she is torn from her home and chased by Collectors. Who are these preying creatures? And why do they want her, in particular?