In one day, his life was destroyed. For five years, his soul was consumed. Within months, he learned to love. But in a few moments, he lost it all. When the only person that the abused, neglected fifteen-year-old Xander had ever cared about is murdered right in front of him, he leaves to seek his vengeance on the monster that took everything from him. Yet, the further he wanders into the desert, the more his humanity slips away. After five years of wandering, five years full of hatred and bitterness, Xander meets a girl named Sydney. She's so different from the world around him, so different from all the people who hate him. Just as Xander begins to realize he has fallen in love with Sydney, he finds that the demons of his past may have already destroyed his future...unless love can ease the poisoned mind that's been locked in darkness for so long.