What do you do when someone you care about wants you to follow him to a really dark place Do you pull away Do you help plan the trip Or do you put your own life on the line in the hope that love will coax your friend away from the precipice When Mel meets Jeremy she thinks she has finally found someone who understands her someone who will listen to her someone who cares But Jeremy has secrets that torment him and Mel isnxt sure she can save him from his demons All she knows is that she has to save herselfSet in Florida against a backdrop of anti-death-penalty activism The World Without Us examines one girlxs choices in a world where the stakes are very high and one misstep can hurtxor even killxyou