Author(s): Jay Castelletti

Fiction | Identity - Gay | Family | Australian Authors | Religion

What a fragile thing, freedom, to live the way you choose. Until recently 15-year-old Dillon thought he was free. He had family, friends, and a strong belief in God. But when an escaped secret rains down the church's full wrath, Dillon runs away from home. Little does he know a bigger world lies beyond the invisible walls of his insular community. Riding at night, hiding by day, he makes his way to Sydney, a city of dreams in which he can build his new world. Naive, inexperienced, and in need of money to survive, Dillon is lured to The Wall where strangers pay for the services of young, pretty boys. Accepting his fate in this urban jungle, Dillon forges new friendships in a world polar opposite to the one he left behind. Yet for every friend there is an enemy, not least a mysterious killer targeting young, vulnerable men. Faced with decisions well beyond his years, Dillon must choose who to help and who to defy before the past catches up with him. Along the way are pitfalls so dangerous they threaten not only his life, but the one thing that truly matters: the freedom to be anything he wants.