Eryn Pullman, at the age of nine, is locked up for killing her mother. She spent the last 11 years in a mental institution called Rolling Acres. Now, at the age of twenty-one, she is free. People aren't happy that she is out, and they want her locked up again.

Samuel Aldeen who is a pedophile and killer. Samuel has escaped from prison. Samuel was being kept only a few miles from where Eryn was kept.

Cady Maddix, a survivor in every way possible, is now a gritty, steely US Marshall. She is assigned to find an escapee from a hospital for the criminally insane, named Samuel Aldeen. Aldeen is the stuff of your worst nightmares, having a proclivity for both young children and cannibalism.

all roads lead to Eryn Pullman. The story is told from multiple point of views as well as different timelines from past to present. This story has some disturbing parts with children murders and a cannibalism.

This was a well written tale that grosses you out along with engaging you in compelling story line. A mystery that keeps you turning the pages.