Finding his way with only a deer as a companion, but he doesn't know that the deer is an alien. Or that he's part of their experiment. John's parents have passed away, leaving him alone in a strange world, where something doesn't feel right, but nothing feels wrong. Towering walls on one side and a steep canyon on the other. His only choice is to live in the small world in between. Day to day. Maybe find a way beyond, into the unknown. He's scared, but of what? He has nothing to lose.Only his life, but he wonders if it's worth living. What would you do?Craig Martelle joins with the talented Kevin McLaughlin in imagining this world and its trials in a standalone novel that will make us wonder about our own existence.