When Michael Crane, a polite boy from Nebraska, finds that his college tuition funds have run dry, he turns to less than savory means to stay enrolled. However, he quickly learns that nothing good comes free or easy, and his life begins to spiral out of control as he tries to juggle a social life, classes, and his new extracurricular activities.

Part one of a series, each entry follows the same story but changes narrators. This is intended for adult readers only, as it covers heavy themes such as power dynamics, sacrifice, and trauma.