High school is a nightmare for a lot of kids. For Joel Tait, it wasn't just a nightmare it was a war zone.

In a small conservative college town, a fourteen-year-old outcast with severe PTSD and a star athlete hiding a history of abuse forge a dangerous, forbidden connection that forces them to confront their traumas and fight for a future their town—and the athlete's violent father—is determined to destroy.
In Oakland, opposites get targeted. Joel and Sam are opposites. They learn that love isn't always tender. Sometimes it's a shield. Sometimes it's the only weapon you have left.
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