-We get a little introduction of the main character Link in the first part. He’s a young boy with separated parent’s, and when his mother’s boyfriend Vince entering his life, it all goes down for Link. Because of Vince changed the whole family, Link decides to leave his home, exactly as his sister Carol did, and for the same reason. This is how Link end up as homeless. Sooner he gets to London, because there are many homeless like Link, so he won’t feel like an outsider.
In meanwhile we get a little introduction of this man, named Shelter. Earlier he was in the army as soldier. That’s what we know for now, and we will very sooner know what he’s planning to do.
When Link arrives in London, he decides to find a job and somewhere to stay. It’s hard for Link in London, but one night he meets this guy, who is homeless too. His name is Ginger and when he’s a kind person, and so is Link, so a strong friendship is developed here. Ginger has been a dosser in several months, so he has experience. Link learns how to be a dosser so those two homeless guys, sticks together.
The army-guy Shelter also lives in London, and got a special perspective on how the rules are. He decides to killing homeless people like Link and Ginger. He leads the homeless people into a trap in his home and killing them one by one. In an accident Shelter, Ginger and Link’s fate intertwined and it results that Shelter choose them as his main-targets.
After some time as a homeless, living on cold floor and dosing, Link finally learns how it is to be a dosser. He’s getting more experience and understanding that people won’t help you… you have to stand on your own. But unfortunately on day, Ginger mysteriously disappearing, which results that Link suspecting Ginger has leaved Link and go off with his other friends. This is the part where Link taking a development and telling himself that from now on, he won’t taking care of anyone, but only himself. But the truth is, that our army-guy Shelter, have fooled Ginger into a trap. The way Shelter killed Ginger was the same way as the many other times he have killed the other homeless people. After Ginger’s disappearing and after Link’s development, Link facing the girl Gail, who are a new homeless and just arrived in London. At first Link acting that he don’t care about her, and he’s lying about how long he have been in London. But then he falls in love with her and as Ginger did, Link teaching Gail how to be a dosser. The couple starts being good friends and maybe more than that. But in meanwhile somewhere, our soldier Shelter keeps an eye on Link. Ginger have been killed, so now Shelter needs his last target, which he calls laughing Boy two. After some time Ginger and Gail discovering that Ginger isn’t the only one who is missing. As they coming closer to the mystery, they will get closer to Shelter’s secret. But Shelter leads Link into a trap. It seems to be an end for Link, but fortunately Gail and the police show up in last minute and it succeeds them to catch Shelter. But it’s not ending happy for Link, when he’s discovering Gail’s real identity. She’s a journalist and has been lying for Link. So their relationship wasn’t real love, or was it? So Link decides to continue his life as a dosser without Gail. It’s a free country, right? He says in the end.