Sasha expects another humid summer filled with family hikes and sleepovers with her best friend Leah ? a comforting recapitulation of many past summers, save for her new job. Yet in the weeks before senior year, both romance and bloodshed blaze trails through Sasha?s life with unprecedented intensity. One false step could endanger those she holds most dear or even spell her own demise.As Sasha navigates love and loss, she finds the stakes higher than ever amidst the languid days of a familiar season suddenly turned treacherous. Long-held assumptions about her sleepy hometown fade away as quickly as innocence slips through her fingers. Survival means learning hard lessons about trust and betrayal before summer?s end ? but not everyone will live to see the cooler days of autumn.