Sam Carter didn't come to Hawkins by choice. She was sent there. To live with a man she's never met. In a town that feels too small, too quiet, and far too interested in everyone else's business. All she has to do is survive a few more months until she turns eighteen. Then she's gone again. Off to somewhere better. But Hawkins has a way of pulling people in. Between loud music, reckless nights, dangerous attention, and a guy she never planned to care about, Sam quickly learns that small towns hide the biggest secrets. And sometimes the only way to survive them... is to become a renegade.