The world of Katie and Sam changes irretrievably one afternoon when, instead of walking home with her brother, Chris, as she has always done, and as her parents expect her to, she makes the choice to go home with her boyfriend Sam. That leaves her 15-year old brother, Chris, to make his way home by himself, with horrific consequences. The rest of the story evolves into a riveting tale that is impossible to put down, and leaves the reader eager to turn each next page as quickly as possible ~