Book #1 of: Misfits. Recently blinded Carter Dennison reluctantly agrees to marry a stranger and adopt four children--all with disabilities--all from the poorhouse, in order to be given a farm in Michigan in 1858. When they arrive, they find themselves being labeled as misfits in the town that is run by the prejudice Mr. Callahan, who owns nearly every business, including the saloon. It is he who forbids a church to even exist in Callahan County.