Since her father's brutal murder on her fifteenth birthday, Avery has become a shell of her former self. After two years in a psychiatric institute, suppressing all emotion, she is released into the custody of her estranged Uncle Jeff. Moving to West End, a seemingly charming town, Avery is thrust into a world far more complex and dangerous than she imagined, where she must confront her traumatic past, her burgeoning, inexplicable abilities, and a host of enigmatic characters who seem to know more about her than she knows herself.