Arriving on the stunning Greek island of Patmos, Ian Bledsoe is broke, humiliated, and fleeing the fallout from his father's death. His childhood friend Charlierich, exuberant, and basking in the success of his new venture on the islandcould be his last hope.
At first Patmos appears to be a dreamlong, sun-soaked days on Charlie's yacht and the reappearance of a girlfriend from Ian's pastand Charlie readily offers Ian the lifeline he so desperately needs. But, like Charlie himself, this beautiful island conceals a darkness beneath, and it isn't long before the dream begins to fragment. When Charlie suddenly vanishes, Ian finds himself caught up in deception after deception. As he grapples with the turmoil left in his friend's wake, he is reminded of an imaginary game called Destroyers they invented as childrena game, he now realizes, they may have never stopped playing.