Kai (KK) Kaine, a precocious 14-year-old with a pristine heart, and a fierce yearning for a simple life with a father, a friend and a complete family.

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KK’s media mogul mom has a vastly different vision for him. She keeps him guarded and protected for clandestine reasons on an opulent estate in the hills of Vera City, Texas, by 50 black-backed jackals!

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KK befriends a reluctant schoolmate Beau – a broken exchange student from Paris - who seeks the solitude that KK is eager to abandon. After causing a devastating boyhood tragedy, Beau has refused to laugh for five years. He hungers for atonement.     

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Together the boys search for the identity of KK’s father from rattle snake farms of west Texas to the Shroud of Turin in Italy. During their search KK and Beau uncover several dark Kaine family secrets.

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Can the boy’s new friendship be strong enough to conquer Beaus inner demon's and KK’s outer devils? The answers are terrifying and enlightening.

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