It was more than a white lie. It was deception on a grand scale. But the
motive was admirable - to save the bright future of a deserving young
man. And the victim, too, was deserving - an arrogant billionaire who
would hardly notice his loss, crumbs from a vast fortune. All the
plotters needed was a believable story, desperate and frightening, but
false. Nothing bad was supposed to happen. They were only crying wolf.
But what if the wolf were real? For Nat, a shining all-American boy with
blue-collar roots, acceptance to New England's exclusive Inverness
College seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. The chilling events
that follow are nothing like what he imagined. It begins at Christmas
break. Nat, unable to afford going home for the holidays, remains alone
on the deserted campus. Alone - until he meets Grace and Izzie Zorn,
twin sisters who, although biologically identical, are utterly
different. Thrown off by the irresistible attraction of this astonishing
pair, Nat's moral compass starts to fail him. How could it not, as he
enters a seductive new world of private Caribbean islands, personal
jets, and endless possibility? A world where folly, even crime, now
seems right. When classes resume, Nat and the twins fall under the
influence of a charismatic philosophy professor with dangerous ideas and
a secret of his own. His teachings will be used to justify a bold
scheme, plotted deep beneath the school in the lair of a forgotten
social club, banished for almost a century. But someone in the
underground shadows is listening, someone who thinks he deserves a
future just as bright as Nat's. Suddenly a risky but basically innocent
game will take a horrifying turn.
