Kayla is about to fake her own death. The teenager has met a couple of strangers that claim to be experts on pseudocide, and they've told her what to do. And poor Sean Reilly, the exchange student living in her house, has stumbled on the plan. When Kayla begs, Sean gets roped in. I mean, only with little things, nothing too serious: lie about when he last saw her, and hide a few facts from the police. Except, things fall apart in a hurry. When Kayla vanishes, the police suspect Sean of being more than a concerned friend. As evidence mounts, detectives zero in - there's no way out for Sean. They're arresting him for Kayla's murder. His one chance at freedom is to follow in Kayla's footsteps and reach out to the enigmatic strangers who make a life out of pretending to be dead. They call it enlightenment, but Sean calls it crazy. At least they have a plan, even if the first step is to kill himself. Will Sean have the strength to take the plunge? And if he does, who will come out the other side?

Six teens are devoted to a game with one rule: If a player gets tagged, they must change their life within the next fifteen minutes. The better the player, the bigger the change. One might give their car away, or punch the school bully. Another might change identities or sacrifice their virginity. Anything to keep evolving, to avoid fitting into a label or caring about the junk they own. But their quest for enlightenment has taken a rotten final turn - one of the players has murdered the game's creator, the teen prophet (cult leader?) David Bloom. Our narrator is being framed for the crime; can he clear his name and discover which of his lifelong friends is the murderer before he takes the fall? [sic] is a gritty teen murder mystery that delves into the psychology of enlightenment among the criminally dysfunctional.

𝙏𝙬𝙤 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝. * * * 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 /ɪ𝑛ˈ𝑠𝑎𝑛ə𝑡𝑖/ 𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑛 τнє ѕτατє οƒ мιи∂ ωнιϲн ρяєνєиτѕ иοямαℓ ρєяϲєρτιοи οƒ яєαℓιτγ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.