When Rick Lifer enters college in 1986 at the age of 24, he expects only to receive an education and hopes to finally put his violent past behind him. Things change when he meets Karla Sanders and she recruits him for a position in the university's student government. He doesn't fit in with the Greek-centric organization, but he remains because he has fallen for her. Then the murders begin. Rick soon learns that the victims all have a connection to Karla and, being a natural protector, begins to unravel the secrets of the campus killings.