The book has come down to three people, the main character Nailer, his friend Pima and a rich girl named Nita that they saved in a crashed ship. Nailer has come from a family where his mother died of disease and his father is an alcoholic and abuses him. Pima has a very nice family but is just as poor as Nailer and her mother Sadna, even saved them when they were captured by Nailers father. Nita is a rich girl that crashed on an island and acted like she was better than Nailer and Pima but eventually realised why they acted the way they did and grew on them. All of the characters revolve around loyalty and money but Nita doesnt get why they act the way they are because she came from one of the richest families in the world.