The world is not tame. Ashley knows this truth deep in her bones, more at home with trees overhead than a roof. In the forest, Ashley can stay dry in the rain, warm in the cold, and fed in the middle of nowhere. But she doesn't know everything about survival, like how to persevere when Momma left or how to sleep soundly alone in the trailer when Dad pulled double shifts. So when Ashley goes hiking into the Smokies with her friends, the falling dark and creaking trees are second nature to her. But people are not tame either. And when Ashley catches her boyfriend with another girl, drunken rage sends her running into the night, stopped only by a nasty fall into a ravine. Morning brings the realization that she’s alone—and far off trail. Ashley must figure out how to survive. But she can’t outrun the red streak of infection that’s creeping up her leg—or the fear of another truth. Years before, her childhood crush sent him into these woods . . . and he never came out. How can Ashley expect to survive?