In the Absence of Light

The smell of death was all around her. It stuck to her skin, soaking into her pores.

Emily had held him... she had held him as the last breath escaped from his lips, held it in a plea, "No matter what, keep it safe."

College roommates and best friends, Emily and Bernadette, could never imagine that the information they had stumbled upon when entrusted with an encrypted file was about to throw them into the path of a ruthless killer. Now caught in a race against time, the friends will risk everything to save the lives of countless others, but will they be able to save themselves?