Turning sixteen should mean driving, dating, and breaking curfew.

It shouldn't mean certain death.

Arrabella might have been excited for her upcoming birthday if her parents hadn't just moved her to the middle of nowhere.
Worse than missing the city and her friends is the nightmare that assaults her every night. Stalking her dreams, a raven-haired girl warns her, taunts her, as she is paraded toward her death.

In search of answers, Arra turns to her grandfather, the only person willing to delve into her family's dark past. Warning her that once she takes the first step, there is no going back, he begins to unwind their awful heritage.

She can't tell her parents what is waiting for her, so she turns to a new friend, Tanner Wheeler, a young man she barely knows but is immediately drawn to. Together, they unravel a story of selfish betrayal that reaches back to an age of merciless gods and blood sacrifice.