Joshua is a troubled boy who lives with his mother & stepfather in a divided city where a wall & soldiers separate two communities & the rubble-strewn residue of their broken world gives hints of the old life before the wall was built Joshua discovers a manhole which leads to a tunnel which leads in pitch darkness under the wall & across to the other side Forbidden territory dangerous territory violent territory which a boy like him
- visibly different
- shouldn't stray into An act of kindness from a girl saves his life but leads to a brutal act of cruelty & a terrible debt he's determined to repay & no one no one must find out that he's been there
- or the consequences will be unbearable