From BILL ALIVE, the celebrated author of THE SOFA KING, comes a stunning, deeply moving new novella of young love, loss, and obsession…

Six weeks into seventh grade, Martin transfers to a tiny Catholic school called Rosa Mystica, where he doesn't know a soul.

A huge, grim statue of Mary stands guard at the school's front doors. Martin knows he doesn't belong here. Not with all these real Catholics.

Then he sees Jacinta.

And very soon, nothing else matters.

A searing, unforgettable tale of desperate teenage love, secret grief, and the dark places the mind will go when faith turns to obsession.