Apollonia wants to die, and she almost did but after seeing and speaking to a stranger in a dream, she wakes up miraculously in the hospital. Her parents send her to live with her grandma. New town, new school, new friends but same desire not to live. Until she meets a strange boy and his cousin. Apollonia is determined to find out their secret, but will she be able to accept it when the truth is revealed. Against her wishes, the desire to die fades and turn into determination to keep her new friends safe and their secret hidden. Apollonias story began with her almost dying but will it end that way, or will she have fought back and killed the demons in her head?