Once upon a time there was a girl who was special. This is not her story. Unless you count the part where I killed her.Sixteen-year-old Alison wakes up in a mental institution. As she pieces her memory back together, she realizes shes confessed to murdering Tori Beaugrand, the most perfect girl at school. But the case is a mystery. Toris body has not been found, and Alison cant explain what happened. One minute she was fighting with Tori. The next moment Tori disintegrated--into nothing.But thats impossible. No one is capable of making someone vanish. Right? Alison must be losing her mind--like her mother always feared she would.For years Alison has tried to keep her weird sensory abilities a secret. No one ever understood--until a mysterious visiting scientist takes an interest in Alisons case.