She lost it all. Now she will venture into the world for the first time and learn the truth about why it was all taken away from her.
Sixteen-year-old Jolie Harperstone heard the deep rumble, saw a flash, and when she woke up, she was outside in her front yard and everything that she loved was gone. The house. Her parents. Everything was part of the scorched earth around her. Every day she goes to the same spot at sunset; every day she tries to leave her street but can’t. Then her neighbor, Christopher comes over offering to help her. Confused by his sudden appearance, she hardly believes a word he says, but she is desperate for answers and to finally be free from this torture. So, she follows him. Until she uncovers his first lie that he can’t argue his way out of.
Nearly kidnapped, shot at, almost thrown off a moving train, and nearly eaten by trolls, she wants to put as much distance between her and Christopher as she can. Aside from the lies, though, he does know a great deal about her family and witnessed what happened to them during that frightful night. For the first time ever, she will make a choice that can’t tie her down to one single path.
