A few months ago, Zac committed his second murder to save a girl he thinks he loves. His mother refuses to bail him out, so he spends the months before his trial locked in a prison cell. At first, the guards feel sorry for him, but after a fight with his cellmate, Zac is put in solitary confinement. Enter Blaise, the Soul Searcher. Introduce The War, the Ghost Boy, the Signs, and most notably the Corrupted. And Zac finds his calling. Samantha will die. If only the human justice system would get out of his way.

The last two years of Samantha's life have been utterly insane. As a freshman, she was almost murdered by a friend's ex. As a sophomore, she discovered she could read minds as a result of the "incident." Now, as a junior, a ghost is telling her she can control time and that it is her sole duty to kill the guy who saved her life almost two years ago. It's a lot to handle. It doesn't help that Sam's a year behind in her training - Zac's been learning about this war since his near-death experience in prison two summers ago. He's already ready and willing to kill Sam - in fact, he's rather eager...