When a teenager escapes from his father's mysterious healing commune in the Mojave Desert, he sets off a spectacular chain of events that ultimately brings together several individuals, all of whom are trying to escape their pasts. There’s Ren, a murderer searching for his mother in Los Angeles; Britt, who carries a dark secret; Tony, an unhappy lawyer on the brink of a breakdown; and the violent duo Sam and Blake, who are hiding out in Wonder Valley. Under the relentless California sun, the fates of these lost souls collide in a shocking manner, as only possible in this alluring yet dangerous metropolis - a portrait of Los Angeles written with visionary literary power, a snapshot of the hopes of our present, but also a thriller full of twists.