Madeleine's life revolves around her children—she would even die for them. But on the morning of her twins' tenth birthday, her love is put to the ultimate test.
A murderer breaks into their home and presents her with a horrifying choice: which child will live and which will die? Her son or her daughter?
From that day on, Madeleine wanders through the ruins of her shattered family, desperately trying to understand why her world was torn apart so suddenly. While everyday life continues around her, she relives the events leading up to that tragic day in terrifying flashes of memory.
Then she realizes that her family's lives are still hanging by a thread...