Fourteen-year-old Jamal pressed the barrel of his weapon against the forehead of the man who took his baby sister’s life. His finger tightened around the trigger, but memories of his mother assaulted his mind, making him hesitate. Are they, along with the appearance of a mysterious stranger, enough to keep him from choosing a road that stretches into deeper darkness?Jamal and others in this 10-story collection find themselves lost in dark alleys, strange towns, vacant homes and similar places, struggling to decide if there’s anything left worth fighting for. Darkness circles like thick hands slowly squeezing the life from someone’s neck, but light still beckons from surprising sources, giving starving lungs one last breath of hope. Can Jamal and the others lift their heads long enough to see that all isn’t lost, that the light inside of them and around them hasn’t been extinguished forever? Or will they allow the fog to permanently drag them down into the depths of despair?