Based on the award winning novel by Robert Swindells
Starting in Bradford, Link, a 17 year old boy's life is shattered when his father abandons the family, and his mother starts a new relationship which forces link out of his home.
Being made homeless, Link moves to London, where he experiences the horror and difficulties of being homeless. There he meets a fellow homeless person named Ginger who takes him under his wing and they become friends.
Meanwhile, a serial killer calling himself Shelter, who is a former army soldier having been dismissed on psychotic grounds decides he must clear the streets of homeless people and begins abducting and killing any homeless person he comes across.