Chapter 1

Sammy finds the smell of cigarettes and whiskey comforting -- the legacy of a father with a failing farm and a mother who never leaves home. He's the protector of his little sister and the quarterback of his high school.

He also has dreams about being pulled from his bed by cloud-like beings with sandpaper skin. Aided by his therapist and an old teddy bear, he learns that his tormentors aren't the biggest danger to the people he loves. He is.