A MASTERFUL, COMING-OF-AGE THRILLER WITH EMOTIONAL DEPTH AND HEART-POUNDING HORROR."Unconventional and unpredictable. Renna keeps readers on their toes." THE BOOKLIFE PRIZE
"A dark and gritty debut... and it's brilliant.” READERS’ FAVORITE
Trapped in the suffocating grip of Colby, Pennsylvania, Morgan Fischer dreams of freedom. High school graduation is his ticket out of a town that has only brought him pain. Since the death of his mother, childhood friends have become his tormentors, and his father has become an absent and neglectful alcoholic.
But the summer before his senior year changes everything. Morgan finds solace in Ava and Jonathan, two enigmatic siblings who move to town and offer him the warmth and guidance he's been missing. As their bond deepens, he learns the older siblings' dark secret, and because of his love for them, it's a secret he promises to keep.
After a string of brutal murders rattles Colby, the arrival of a mysterious stranger from Ava and Jonathan's past threatens more danger. When the threat becomes too great, Morgan is thrust into a world of deception and murder. Now, with darkness threatening to consume them all, Morgan must summon the courage to fight and survive or die trying.
A MASTERFUL, COMING-OF-AGE THRILLER WITH EMOTIONAL DEPTH AND HEART-POUNDING HORROR."Unconventional and unpredictable. Renna keeps readers on their toes." THE BOOKLIFE PRIZE
"A dark and gritty debut... and it's brilliant.” READERS’ FAVORITE
Trapped in the suffocating grip of Colby, Pennsylvania, Morgan Fischer dreams of freedom. High school graduation is his ticket out of a town that has only brought him pain. Since the death of his mother, childhood friends have become his tormentors, and his father has become an absent and neglectful alcoholic.
But the summer before his senior year changes everything. Morgan finds solace in Ava and Jonathan, two enigmatic siblings who move to town and offer him the warmth and guidance he's been missing. As their bond deepens, he learns the older siblings' dark secret, and because of his love for them, it's a secret he promises to keep.
After a string of brutal murders rattles Colby, the arrival of a mysterious stranger from Ava and Jonathan's past threatens more danger. When the threat becomes too great, Morgan is thrust into a world of deception and murder. Now, with darkness threatening to consume them all, Morgan must summon the courage to fight and survive or die trying.