When the dead strike up a conversation with Nat, will she be ready for their call? Hugo, a murdered student, knocks on Nat's mental door looking for help. He drags her to a world she never knew existed-the Shadow World. Souls are being devoured by something threatening to crossover to Earth where it will enslave and consume humans. But will Nat be the key to salvation or Pandora's Box? Swept up in the drama of G.J. and crew, along with the chaos of the Shadow World, only adds to [her] anxiety of starting a new school year. While Nat struggles to keep her head in the world of the living, she takes emotional hit after emotional hit. To top it off, her dangerous friends are prime suspects for the gruesome murders. Even her "supportive" parents decide to go M.I.A. leaving her feeling alone. After her bestie abandons her, and her longtime friend starves himself into a blood frenzy, Nat finds a reprieve from isolation in the one person who didn't turn his back on her, her nemesis. But Drake's secrecy, and her inability to read him, only add more fuel to her life on fire. Can she keep her head above water long enough to save her world or will she go up in flames?