Daniel Wright has built his life on stories. He’s written thrillers that keep readers awake long into the night. But when Benji, a man long believed dead, appears at his door with unfathomable claims, fiction collides with reality in the most devastating way. Sick, dying, and manipulative, Benji demands Daniel’s help—or threatens to unravel everything he has built: his career, his family, his sanity. As secrets buried for decades claw their way to the surface, Daniel is forced to question not only his past but his own limits. How far will he go to protect the people he loves, and at what cost? This is a relentless psychological thriller about betrayal, bloodlines, and the lies we tell to survive—if survival is even possible.