Elora just turned seventeen; her birthday an unwanted "surprise" from her best friend to celebrate it because her father wouldn't like every year.She has officially lived in Syton for six years. She moved to the quiet town with her father at just age eleven, after the death of her birth mother.Since arriving in Syton, she's spent her time thriving in the shadows of her best friend, Lorelei, wishing she could be flawless, and seen. Less of a little duckling following behind. Little did she know that attention was so close.Their quiet small town seemed ordinary... until innocent people started disappearing. Innocent teens. When Elora meets Leo, a mysterious boy with secrets of his own, she's sure he's the one behind it all. But as the disappearances increase, and the crime scenes become more gruesome, Elora questions everything she thought she knew- about Leo, about her father, about her town... even about herself.Haunted by strange dreams and a murder of crows that follow her every step, Elora joins Leo's side to unravel the truth. Though, the deeper they dig, the more Elora feels a sinister presence lurking too close. A darkness that might be closer than she ever imagined.