Daniel Running and Eric Kirkland share a dorm, a class, even an after school activity... One of them has a secret he's protected all his life. When sinister characters enter the story, threatening the few people he's come to care about in his school, he will risk his secret to protect their lives. One of them had a plan going into this school year, standard goals well within his reach. When trouble comes knocking, a dangerous assailant threatens his closest friend's life and a mysterious 'Angel of Death' begins to stalk the island, he finds himself in the thick of a series of events well out of his control. ...by the end of the year their entwined stories may not share the same ending.