When Karen's boarder is shot on the street right in front of her events develop fast and before long she is under threat and possibly risking her life. Within days she must make a crucial decision whether to stay or flee to keep herself safe, and from that point her entire life changes. Can she successfully discard her identity and live under the radar in a cash-based society? Can she trust the stranger, who offers her support, or is he only after the money she is suspected of having taken? This novel explores the concept that in extraordinary situations ordinary people can draw on inner resources they never knew they possessed until their life depends on them.