This book left me breathless! --R. L. Stine, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of Goosebumps and Fear Street
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Move over, Stranger Things. --Melissa de la Cruz, #1 New York Times
bestselling author of the Descendants series**
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New York Times bestselling authors Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs team
up to co-author this thrilling first book in a darkly suspenseful middle
grade series.**
Everyone in Timbers knows Still Cove is off-limits, with its creepy
Beast sightings and equally terrifying legends. But when a bullying
incident sends twelve-year-old Nico Holland over a cliff and into Still
Cove's icy waters, friends Tyler and Emma--and even Opal Walsh, who
usually runs with the popular kids--rush to his rescue . . . and
discover a mysterious island hiding in the murky, swirling mists below.
Though the island appears uninhabited, the kids can't shake a feeling
that something about it is definitely not right. Their suspicions grow
when they stumble upon an abandoned houseboat filled with all sorts of
curiosities: odd-looking weapons, unnerving portraits, maps to unknown
places, and a glass jar containing something completely unidentifiable.
And in its lowest depths churns a dark, deep secret.
As the group delves deeper into this mysterious new clubhouse, their
lives begin to intertwine in weird and dangerous ways. For something
ancient has awakened . . . and it can detect not only their wishes and
dreams, but also their darkest, most terrible imaginings. Do they have
what it takes to face the shadowy secrets lurking within their own
hearts?
Told from alternating points of view, this pulse-racing tale from
bestselling duo Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs is the start of a
high-stakes, thrilling series about friendship and believing in
yourself--and each other.
