A ten-dollar bill with a desperate plea haunted my childhood, its mystery twisting my family in guilt and silence. Years later, another coded cry for help—this time scrawled in blood and hidden inside recycled light bulbs—lands in my hands. Now, with the chance to save a life before it's too late, I must face the shadows of my past and decide if I have the courage to answer when hope calls again.
Every man in my family dies younger—always on his birthday. Now, with my thirtieth looming, fatal accidents and freak illnesses stalk me like a shadow I can’t shake. If I can’t break the curse, my son will be next—and I’ll lose everything I love before I even get to say goodbye.
When Natalie picks up a mysterious ten-dollar bill at the hospital, she unwittingly drags herself—and everyone she loves—into a deadly supernatural scam. Her boyfriend Caleb, secretly the town’s Soul Ferryman, must race against a blood-red countdown to save her from a fate worse than death. Family, love, and life itself hang in the balance as curses and secrets threaten to destroy them all.