The small town of Elk&s Ridge was founded as a closed haven dreamt up by Vietnam veterans looking to create a utopia a home without violence chaos or corruption & in the beginning it seemed like it might actually work However years later the town has become a powder keg When a desperate bid for freedom results in the accidental death of a child the town must decide what terrible acts they are willing to commit in order to preserve their way of life & the youth of the sleepy town-those who never chose to live that life-must forsake all they know in order to stand up for what is right by Noel Tuazon Joshua Hale Fialkov