While she is in the peaceful graveyard of nearby Barkerville she finds a small gold ring that has very special powers. By twisting the ring on her finger, Elizabeth is transported to the nineteenth century during the heyday of the gold rush. Caught between her present life with family and friends and a love in the past, Elizabeth learns more than history.

    A super-genius in a small underground colony of survivors of nuclear war, eighteen-year-old Casey risks journeying back to the twentieth century to discover why the survivors are dying and how he can save them all.

    And one day she found out why. Was it just a dream? Or could the stone really transport her back in time—a hundred years...a thousand years...?If it were a dream, it was so vivid Jenifer knew that, as long as she lived, she would never forget Perran—that small boy from the past who had shared her adventure. And Fedelm—who was the image of Jenifer and so frightened of her. And, above all, Bron, with his blue eyes and flaming hair and who would remain forever her first love.But if it were only a dream, where had this heavy gold ring in her hand come from?

    Contains over 200 color plates with excellent descriptions of native plants seen along the roadsides and hiking trails in Southern California.