Nyle and her grandmother live peacefully on their farm - until the night of the accident at the Cookshire nuclear power plant. Suddenly there are protective masks, evacuations, contaminated food. Nyle has barely adjusted when Gran decides to take in Ezra Trent and his mother, two of the accident's survivors. While Ezra fights off death in the back bedroom, Nyle forces herself to stay away. For what will happen if she comes to care for Ezra - only to lose him?