In a world where the day you will die is discovered on the day you are born, and that knowledge shared with but a touch, Jenny Thompson wants nothing more than to be able to go through the school year without being noticed and, more importantly, without letting anyone know the truth.

"A summary? Well, I guess for the first few months: 'I fell off a building, I met some weird people, I trained with dangerous weapons and magic, one of my friends got bitten by an evil snake from another world, I walked for ages with one of the most annoying people I've met in my life, talked to an old guy about apples and saved my friend's life. Good enough for you?"