Meet Lea Tillim, aka Cadaver Dimples, Star of Morgues and Emergency Rooms. Scarecrow thin, with a sharp crew cut and a dead face, Leas a girl with a talent. She can think you into a heart attack if you cross heror, if shes feeling kind, just a bad case of indigestion. She has only one friend in the world, her cat, Tule. You see, a girl like Lea cant be too careful whom she shows her talent to. In her experience it only leads to troubles and tragedies.Now its led her to Jack Konar, whos secretly building something strange and wonderful in an abandoned section of the local Sears and Roebuck. According to Jack, its all part of a master plan to rescue the Chosen from this godforsaken planet. But the agents of the Evil Onescleverly disguised as ordinary people and sometimes even catsare trying to stop him. Jack needs a girl with Leas special talents. It would all sound just too crazy for words if the most dangerous and unexpected thing of all hadnt happened. After years of the best poker face grief could buy, Lea finds herself slowly coming back to life . . . and falling in love with the savior of the world.From the Trade Paperback edition.