Amanda Mallorie wakes at 5 a.m. to the knowledge that her son is gone. After four desperate years trying to understand what put Robbie on death row and to change his fate, she must find a way, and a reason, to move forward. Before what unfolded in a South Dakota mall, he was like other kids. Sometimes troubled, but sweet and full of goodness too. Among his childhood treasures, she discovers a class ring. Whose is it, and why did he have it? So begins a journey that will remind Amanda of who Robbie used to be, and a time when she wasn't afraid.