A desperate young man is forced to make a terrible choice between his own survival and the future of a little girl who won’t speak, but who changes his life in ways he could never imagine.
A spark of light brightens a brutal world when a girl named Sam encounters her childhood best friend, Lucas, at the government run “rehabilitation” camp, Thurmond. Lucas and Sam form a risky escape plan, but sometimes even love isn’t powerful enough to overcome unspeakable cruelty.
The camps were closed. A tyrant president has been deposed. But for many PSI kids living rough, there is no home to return to, no place for them in a country devastated by the past and anxious about the future. Every day is a struggle for Sam, who knew all the rules at Thurmond and has be thrown into a terrifying and uncertain new life. But there’s more at stake than Sam’s own survival. She on e made a promise to someone she loves, and the time has come to fulfil it.
