Brendan Reichs

It's been happening since Min was eight. Every two years, on her birthday, a strange man finds her and murders her in cold blood. But hours later, she wakes up in a clearing just outside her tiny Idaho hometown;alone, unhurt, and with all evidence of the horrifying crime erased. Across the valley, Noah just wants to be like everyone else. But he's not. Nightmares of murder and death plague him, though he does his best to hide the signs. But when the...

"Min, Noah, and the sophomores of Fire Lake must fight to survive in the second phase of Project Nemesis"--

The Virals are put to the ultimate test when they find a hidden geocache containing an ornate puzzle box. Shelton decodes the cipher inside, only to find more tantalizing clues left by "The Gamemaster". The Virals now must find a geocache concealing a bomb.

Middle-schoolers Nico, Opal, Tyler, and Emma face a more dangerous threat and must uncover the whirlpool's origins, as well as those of that freaky "Thing in a Jar," while fending off paranormal investigators.

Middle-schoolers Opal, Nico, Tyler, Emma, and Logan find their friendships tested as never before when the townpeople panic, something cryptic surfaces from within the Darkdeep, and a newcomer arrives with an agenda.