Finn is curious man who goes to North Brother Island to find out why his family has been coming to the island for years and more about the research his family has been doing for years.
Instead he finds a woman who has been living amongst the ruins of the hospital that once housed patients during outbreaks in history. But there is something about this woman that Finn cannot shake and ties to his families dark past.

The vines is a fictional story that ties real events that happened in and around the North Brother Island with a fictional mystery spanning decades. The story is written in multiple perspectives and time lines. I really like this about it since you got to go back to where is all started and the present time when it is taking place. It is a pretty indepth story that is written in a way that makes it hard to put down. I also really liked how the author brought real historical events into the story to make it more authentic even with the science fiction theme. While this is not a stand alone it does answer a lot of question while giving a good cliff-hanger ending that makes you wonder what might happen next. I really enjoyed this story.