Something scary is happening to seventeen-year-old Jamie Tessman. Ever since she and her mother arrived in Chicago, shes been plagued by freaky mind-slips and vivid daydreams about her sort-of boyfriend, Webb. When Jamies inner world starts taking her hostage and keeping her imprisoned for longer periods of time, she becomes terrified that she is slowly losing her mind. Jamies mom doesnt seem to notice anything is wrong. No one doesuntil Jamie meets Morgan, a new friend whos had her own brush with nuttiness. When Jamie disappears into her inner world one night and cant find her way out, Morgan sees to it that Jamie finally gets help. Morgans aunt, a psychiatrist, breaks through Jamies paralyzing fear and helps her unravel a tangle of long-forgotten, horrifying secrets in her past...