Fourteen-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little Town, on the border
with Old Country, all his life. He knows the rules: no going out after
dark; no drinking; no litter; no fighting. You don't want to get on the
wrong side of the people who run Little Town. When he meets Pavel Duda,
a refugee from Old Country, the rules start to get broken. Then the
bombs come, and the soldiers from Old Country, and Little Town changes
forever.
Sometimes, to keep the people you love safe, you have to do bad things.
As Little Town's rules crumble, Charlie is sucked into a dangerous game.
There's a gun, and a bad man, and his closest friend, and his dearest
enemy.
Charlie Law wants to keep everyone happy, even if it kills him. And
maybe it will . . . But he's got to kill someone else first.