Kaera Calyphian is a girl in a kingdom full of corrupt conquerors, swift thieves, and blood-thirsty assassins. But, Kaera has had her own share of crime as well. At the age of eight, her parents threw her out on the streets and in order for her to fend for herself...she had to steal to survive. Eventually, the inquisition caught up to her and she's been on the run ever since.
That was seven years ago. Now, she's seventeen and it's becoming harder and harder to survive. But, when Kaera finds a quiet forest in the middle of nowhere to hide out in, the inquisition manages to find her again. In the midst of running away, Kaera falls down a dark hole and ends up in another kingdom...one even more ruthless and uncanny than the one she lives in now.
Kaera will soon be led on a quest into the wildest parts of this new kingdom and might learn more out about herself in the process.
Angie Miller was the ultimate queen bee at High Coast Middle School for two reasons: she was obviously the most stunning girl in school and she had her own posse of friends to run the school with. Their names were Melody, Sarah, and Abigail, who went by Abby. But, on the night of Halloween in ninth grade, Angie goes missing and her friends are left to fend for themselves for the rest of freshman year. Now, three years later, Angie is still missing and her friends have grown apart.
But, Sarah has made a new friend: Claire. Claire and Sarah have risen to the title of queen bees over the past few years that Angie has been gone. But, when Angie's body is found and Claire starts to see disturbing things she can't explain, all that will change.
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Sam, Astrid, Tanner, and Gwen are not an ordinary group of friends. They aren't friends that go to the mall together or stay up late watching movies. They used to be like this, a long time ago, but then they picked up an interest of mystery solving. First, they solved silly things, like who stole someone's phone at school, but then they started to solve more serious things, like who robbed the bank. They are now collectively known as the Team Of Mystery because of this.
Even though they are a team, Sam still likes to lead the group. Sam is an averagely smart football player who is also secretly dating Astrid. Astrid is a smart girl, always providing new information to the gang when needed. Tanner is the rad dude of the gang, always lightening the mood when everyone gets stressed out. Finally, Gwen is the undercover detective, always up for the job of disguising herself and singling out the bad guys.
But when Astrid finds an artifact that has been missing for over 400 years, Sam starts developing powers, Tanner is sabotaged in a surfing competition, and the whole gang is blackmailed by a mysterious e-mailer, the Team of Mystery knows they are dealing with a huge threat. But as things start playing out, the Team of Mystery finds a book describing some sort of treasure that is hidden in the Dark Falls Town. Will the Team of Mystery find what they're looking for, or will their lives change forever?