Charity Jones is a 16-year-old engineering genius who's much-bullied for being biracial and a skeptic at her conservative school in Oak County, California. After a particularly painful day, Charity's social worker mother brings home a teen runaway named Aidan to foster for the holidays. Matched in every way, Charity and Aidan begin to fall secretly in love. But he's not the only new arrival. Charity soon finds the brutally slain corpse of her worst bully and she gets hard, haunting evidence that the killer is stalking Oak County. She and her Skeptics Club investigate the death, fidning at every turn the mystery only grows darker and more deadly. But one thing's for certain: there's a bloody battle coming this holiday season that will change their lives-- and human history-- forever. Will they be ready? -- Back cover.