Crushed by unimaginable acts of violence, a tragically broken, inner-city youth shoots herself in the head in a desperate struggle to exorcise and expose the demons that torment her. Ironically, her attempted escape reveals unexpected truths she would have died to experience. Now she's in the fight of her life, against those who want their secrets to die with her and the hope of a good life she now realizes is possible. Desperation, pain, devastation, and sheer hopelessness are the emotions felt by 16-year-old Mia Reynolds.