Quiet and reserved eighteen year old Michael Crowder finally has his first girlfriend. But it's not that simple. Lucy has yet to break up with her current boyfriend, Johnny, who she has come to fear and insists they keep their relationship secret until she can rid herself of Johnny. When Johnny turns up unexpectedly at Lucy's apartment, Michael scrambles and hides beneath Lucy's bed. An argument ensues between Lucy and Johnny that ends with Lucy being violently abducted. This heinous act draws Michael and his entire family deep into a series of nightmarish murder schemes, all perpetrated by a secret vigilante organization named "the Order", formed to correct the errors of an imperfect justice system. When the courts fail to remove the worst offenders from our streets, "the Order" steps in and delivers justice. But it seems the Order has run off the tracks and the leadership isn't the high minded moral group it started out to be. Full of mystery and suspense, this story has multiple character plots lines and unexpected twists throughout.