When a plane crashes in deep jungle, the tail section breaks free and nineteen teenagers miraculously survive. Joel Aspinall is quick to take on the mantle of leadership, to organize everyone until a rescue party arrives. But the plane was crashed on purpose, no one knows where they are and no rescuers are coming. To make things worse, Joel's decisions lead to more people dying, and he's determined to wait it out. A novel of survival, of teenagers thrust into a hostile environment, of life and death and the razor-thin dividing line between them.