First, I`ll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then about the murders, which happened later. It was more bad instincts & bad luck that lead to Dell Parson`s parents robbing a bank. They weren`t reckless people, but in an instant, their actions alter fifteen-year-old Dell`s sense of normal life forever. In the days that follow, he is saved before the authorities think to arrive. Driving across Montana, his life hurtles towards the unknown; a hotel in a deserted town, the violent & enigmatic Arthur Remlinger, & towards Canada itself. But, as Dell discovers, in this new world of secrets & upheaval, he is not the only one whose past lies on the other side of the border.