Darcy Patel, a high school senior, decided to defer going to college for a year to become a writer. Having signed a contract for her first novel, the girl moves to New York, where she has no apartment, no friends, no ideas. But fortunately for her, she quickly finds herself accepted into the company of fellow debut writers who show her the city and the backstage of the publishing world. Darcy's first novel, written so quickly as if someone was dictating the text to her, completely absorbs her. "Afterlife" is about a girl who manages to survive a terrorist attack on an airport. Lizzie, the main character, finds herself in a mysterious place between the world of the living and the world of the dead, where she has to experience strange and terrifying events.