**Repeatedly surprising and genuinely chilling. - E. Lockhart,
bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud
**
From the acclaimed author of The Leaving comes a new psychological
thriller that challenges our trust in the electronic devices we keep
close.
Eden, Eli, Marwan, and Ilanka barely know each other beyond having a
class or two together. But when they are all summoned via messaging app
to an empty classroom after school, they find a small cube sitting on a
desk. Its sides light up with rules for them:
Do not tell anyone about the device. Never leave the device
unattended.
And then***,*** Take me with you . . . or else.
At first they think it's some kind of prank or a social experiment
orchestrated by the school administration. Still, they follow its
instructions until the newly-formed group starts to splinter. Nobody has
time for these games--their lives are complicated enough. But the device
seems increasingly invested in the private details of their lives. And
disobeying its rules has scary--even life-threatening--consequences . .
.
This timely thriller probes our dependence on personal technology and
challenges the notion that our devices are keeping us connected. The
truth may very well be the opposite.