On the alien planet of Zerathis, survival means staying invisible. For one human boy, that means running a small, cozy restaurant with his adopted sister-his best friend, his only family, and the only person who knows what he really is. To the locals, they're just another pair of siblings trying to scrape by. To him, it feels like the perfect disguise.
But blending in isn't so simple when you're a reckless teenager with a talent for attracting trouble. A misplaced word, a slip of curiosity, a wrong friend-and suddenly whispers of human disappearances don't feel so distant anymore.
As Zerathis reveals itself to be far more dangerous than he ever imagined, he faces an impossible choice: trust strangers who might betray him, risk everything to escape, or surrender to the same grim fate that has swallowed other humans whole.
He only wanted a quiet life. Instead, he may be the last chance for survival-or the next name on a long list of the doomed.