Tired of living in isolation among the impressive mountains of Tasmania, Ruby Rose abandons her husband and stepson and embarks on a journey into the unknown. Ruby has been dreaming of this adventure for a long time because she has never, even when she was a child, had contact with civilization. The books that her grandmother gave her tell her about other people and other worlds, which will turn out to be different and interesting, but also dangerous. Ruby arrives at her father's farm and there she is reunited with her loved ones ...