Life in a small Oklahoma town can be brutal, and young Liam wants to escape. He has tried everything he can think of to avoid the attention and attacks of the bullies who torment him, but nothing is working. Desperate, he hatches a plan: if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

He joins the gang of thugs who have made his life miserable and is soon swept up into a new life that has his parents worried. Intoxicated by the power he feels when he bullies others, he drifts away from his Christian upbringing. His slow slide into a dark and dangerous life starts out innocently enough, with a little petty larceny, but his crimes quickly escalate into something he can't control.

The life he once hated a life of obedience to God suddenly starts to look like a more desirable way to live, but how can he extricate himself from his new friends? The only hope he has to regain his once-promising life is in complete escape from the gang, from his Oklahoma roots, and from all that troubles him.

Against all odds, one dream becomes reality; Liam heads to Colorado to attend college. But just as his life begins to make sense again, the world spins into more chaos than he can understand. All around the world, financial woes are toppling governments, and soon a new world order emerges.