Behind the doors of an exclusive academy for wayward teenagers, the students are disappearing one by one. When Julia's mother announces her intention to send Julia's half-sister to the school, alarm bells go off. So Julia applies for - and gets - a teaching position at the academy, just in time for another disappearance and two very suspicious "suicides".

Ever since her father was stabbed to death in a home invasion, Julia 'Jules' farentino has been plagued by nightmares. Her half-sister Shaylee, now seventeen, has had her own difficulties since the tragedy, earning a rap sheet for drug use, theft and vadalism. Still, when Jules learns of her mother's decision to sen Shay to an elite boarding school in Oregon, she's skeptical. Blue Rock Academy has a reputation for turining wayward kids around - but one of its students went missing a few months earlier and her body has never been found. There are rumors she may have died duringone of the school's questionable treatments. Once enrolled, Shay grows fearful, convinced her every move is being watched. And the deeper Jules digs, the more concerned she becomes. On impulse, Jules applies for a teaching job at the Academy. Though the facility boasts state-of-the-art equiptment and a breathtaking campus, Jules senses crackes in the director's do-good demeanor. SHortly before Jules arrives, a student is found hanged, another near death and a hysterical Shay believes it's murder. Staff are wary and unwelcoming - all except Cooper Trent, another recent hire who has his own suspicions, his own secrets and was once Jules's lover. Then another girl is found dead. There is no doubt that something sinister is at hand - but Jules may be too late to stop it. Behind the Academy's idyllic veneer lurks an evil force on a brutal and terrifying mission. And Jules has become the next target of a bloodthirsty killer without limits, without remorse, without mercy.