Burned, scarred, and left for dead, Jimmy Tasker is running from everyone. The blaze changed him-changed the way his brain fires-and left someone else in his head with him. Someone who wants to kill for fun. He changes his name, buries his past, starts a new life...and disappears. Years later, four friends from the city are hard up. Steve needs work, Gil's jumpy, Peter is struggling, and Cal's an addict. So they plan a robbery. Steve backs out, but the other three go through with it and botch the job, resulting in the death of Lauren Westerbrook. Ronan Westerbrook has a hidden past, a love of photography...and a fondness for flame. Ronan's revenge for his wife's death culminates in a bloodbath-and unleashes Jimmy, who was there all along, tormented by nightmares of atrocities he has no idea if he truly committed. Steve is trying to build a respectable life, but now Jimmy has one last piece of unfinished business...the only witness who can identify him.