Corbin Cooper hopes to start over in the sleepy little town of Verona, Indiana, but he can't entirely escape from the nightmares of his past. At sixteen, he's the man of family and feels an obligation to secretly help provide for his mom and two younger brothers, but how can he do that working minimum wage jobs?

The mistakes of Corbin's past haunt him, as does the unknown fate of his older brother, Marc, who disappeared a year ago. Corbin begins to create a new life, but disturbing news begins to arrive from his old hometown; reports of boys he knows disappearing and then, being found dead. Corbin fears he knows too much about what is happening back in Texas. He thought he'd escaped, but his past reaches out for him and his deepest darkest secrets are in danger of being revealed.