A lethal home invasion reveals the darkest of secrets. .

. and there's no going back.

From her earliest memories, Chris Johnson had a unique and special relationship with her mother. It wasn’t until her teens that she understood how the assortment of self-defense classes, survival training, and endless ‘Rules to Live By’ was unusual.

Except it was necessary because she was being prepared for the life her mother left behind but would never be able to outrun. When her father is brutally murdered, Chris is suddenly plunged into that world of spies and terrorists, left to solve the triple homicide her missing mother is accused of.

Armed with nothing more than her odd skillset and the warning not to trust anyone, Chris navigates her new reality the only way she knows how—with a vengeance. Not entirely alone, her best friend might be the only person left in Chris’s life to understand her.

But others are vying for her attention: the local police, the FBI, and the faceless adversaries lurking in the shadows that have defined her life. Some offer protection, one a subterfuge of information, and the dangerous chance to learn the twisted truth.

A truth that carries a weight much greater than the disrupted life of a high school senior. Through the darkened streets of Seattle, Washington, to the quiet outskirts at the base of the Cascade Mountains, Chris follows the web of deceit laid out for her.

She can draw on the knowledge instilled throughout her childhood to unravel it or grab the offered lifeline and let her mom pick up the pieces. Both choices come with a price.

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