On the mysterious island of Nil, the rules are set. You have exactly 365 days to escape-or you die.
Seventeen-year-old Charley doesn't know the rules. She doesn't even know where she is. The last thing she remembers is blacking out, and when she wakes up, she's naked in an empty rock field.
Lost and alone, Charley finds no sign of other people until she meets Thad, the gorgeous leader of a clan of teenage refugees. Soon Charley learns that leaving the island is harder than she thought ... and so is falling in love. With Thad's time running out, Charley realizes that she has to find a way to beat the clock, and quickly, in this thrilling debut novel by Lynne Matson.
"The reader is swept along with the characters in just rooting for survival in a setting where taking too long to ponder answers could mean you don't live long enough to do anything with your newfound revelations."
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"What elevates this survival romance is Charley's strong, smart character . . . most readers will be too busy devouring the book in one sitting."
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"*Matson brings a unique twist to a survival story with similarities to the TV reality show Survivor . . . a strongly written fantasty."
