Jack: the lonely boy who hears a voice inside his head. Jason: the stoic and cynical man who returns home in search of his lost childhood. Jamie: the pretty goth girl loved and hated by both. Over the course of ten years, the children of Freedom will watch as their world burns itself to dust and ashes, first over a vicious school rampage and then over something far more insidious. In the world envisioned by Jonathan M. Cook, reason is a luxury, explanations are elusive, and desperation is absolute. Some stories never end. Some nightmares can never be escaped. Includes the author's Postscript.