Prologue: The Stranger

If only knowing a person were as simple as reading a book.
At first, the mere idea of it was enough to drive newcomer Cameron Flynn to laughter.
But when a lunatic kidnaps his sister in a convoluted plot to find exactly that - a person who could literally read your soul - Cam is forced into a world full of hypnotizing smoke, disappearing detectives, and a pesky student council president who would go out of her way to make sure everything is "in accordance with school policy".
And maybe, even reading souls just isn't that simple at all.