Between looking after her brother, attending night classes, and the combination of jobs she juggles, Lynette is dangerously tired. And when, after years of trying to scrape together enough for a mortgage, her plan is derailed, she must embark on a desperate odyssey through a city of greed.

Set over two days and nights, The Night Always Comes holds up a mirror to a society which leaves too many people only a step away from ruin.