When a beautiful but violent story is sent anonymously to renegadepress.com, Jack and Zoey have different opinions about whether it’s a great piece of literature or a real threat against the school. When Zoey discovers the identity of the writer she has to decide whether to stand by the author or turn him in to the police. Meanwhile Alex has to decide whether to believe the story her father tells her of his thirteen-year absence, or the more disturbing version of events offered by her mother.