The inheritance

‘Charlie’ Novak is a time traveller — a paleobotanist — who explores the past by searching for evidence of climate change in ancient plant spores locked in sediments laid down millions of years ago. She inherited ‘the gift’ — an ability to ‘see’ into the future — from her stepfather, following a miraculous kidney transplant when she was 11 years old. Now an accomplished botanist, her secure lifestyle is thrown into chaos when she receives a mysterious invitation to meet with dissident scientist Tomaz Petek who has made a remarkable discovery in an ancient forest in the Tasmanian wilderness. With Ruby, an emotionally troubled young scientist who shares her prescient gift, she uncovers a threat to the future of this old growth forest at the edge of the world but can they prevent its destruction?