How far can influence go? A breathtaking psychological thriller by a grippingly talented author.

Fourteen-year-old Adrien lives with a single mother who overprotects him. Bullied at school, he is lonely and anxious. But when he meets Chris, an enigmatic and disconcerting man who lives in the woods, Chris talks to him, questions him, encourages him to value himself. Until one day, Chris takes the boy on a survival course in the mountains.