I was thirteen when I first met her. By the end of our first encounter, I knew she wasn't human. Over the course of several summers, she touched my life in ways I never knew a person could. But there was something about her that worried me...scared me. How do you love a being who has no regard for any member of the human race but you?I was thirteen when I first met her. By the end of our first encounter, I knew she wasn't human. By the end of our second, I knew she was a friend. By our third encounter, I could tell that she loved me. And I wanted to love her too. Over the course of several summers, she had touched my life in ways I never knew a person could. But there was something about her that worried me...scared me. How do you love a being who has no regard for any member of the human race but you?

Somebody is taking lives in Crystal Lake City—and they are taking their victims’ faces with them. Detective Arra Everglade is determined to stop the bizarre killings, but when the killer strikes too close to home, Arra is forced to join an organization of genetically enhanced soldiers called the Beta Agency, all of whom are just as determined as Arra to put the killer in the ground.