When a young girl's parents neglect her so much she decides to take her life into her own hands. When Acadia Hunter is left basically alone she gets sick of her parents forgetting about her and she decides to show them what she's made of.

Maddie enlists in the army. What has she got to lose? Her brothers best friend beats her up, her mom doesn't care about what she does, her dad is recorded as MIA, and her brother is planning to get married. Why not join the military? Why not prove the records wrong and find out that her dad is still alive? Why not look Death in the eye and laugh? Why not live to tell the tale yourself? This is the story of a girl with nothing to lose, but it turns out just the opposite...