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It is in the early morning hours of January 1, 2017 when the dead body of what appeared to be a hit-and-run accident was discovered. Traffic homicide detective Mollie Foley realized that the death of Jonathan Stover was a premeditated murder. Was his murder related to his job as an investigative agent in the anti-terrorism division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)? Or was it personal and related to his past?

At age 15, Adrian Webster lost his younger brother in a tragic accident. He tried to mourn. He tried to move on. But all he could do was bury the pain. Ten years later, a boy named Wyatt, who belongs to his best friend, vanishes while riding his bike through Green Swamp in Central Florida. His friend has already lost his wife, and he does not want him to suffer the pain of losing a child, making Adrian obsess over finding Wyatt. So obsessed that he is plagued by visions. Ones that force Adrian to choose between his friendship and unleashing the memories of the past.

Mark Thompson fears that life will never change. In an instant, the familiar world he knows will become his greatest nightmare. Volunteering for a top secret government experiment, he gets the chance at a new life, away from the desires that have destroyed his body and his mind. Fragmented memories haunt him. Visions and dreams seem to lead him to a place where the answers hide....beckoning him to a place of no return.

Percy Deforest Spock has just moved back to his hometown of Bloomington, Indiana. When a teenage boy knocks on his door, Percy is floored by the uncanny resemblance between the boy and his lost love of 20 years before. As the two grow closer, Percy relives the days when he was young and in love but is disturbed by his growing feelings for Tyler. Realizing that Tyler’s resemblance to his lost love is the source of his attraction, he’s able to push his desires aside and act as a mentor to his young friend.

During a visit to the United States, Pope Pius XIV is caught within the crosshairs of a lethal assassin. After scores of people are killed during an event featuring the Pope's address, a conspiracy theory emerges that the killings were conducted by one of the CIA’s own. As the data trickles in, it becomes clear that the assassin is none other than Shari Cohen.

Brendan has been an active jock his entire life, but he’s no longer an 18-year-old high school quarterback or even a 22-year-old football player for Indiana University. He’s 52, and the years are beginning to show. Brendan does his best to meet aging with composure, but it’s not an easy task for someone who once had it all.

Zane, a sixth-grader who is deaf and wears hearing aids, is new to Redbird, an inner-city grade school in a poor working-class neighborhood called The Birds. From the beginning, Zane senses that something at the school is not quite right; something evil there is toying with him. Zane’s attachment to a kindergartner leads to a final decision that Zane must make in his battle against the school — and the battle for his own sanity and life.

A thicket. What could be more normal and harmless than that? As you're about to find out, it isn't the outer appearance that decides your fortune. No. It's the darkness and secrets hidden among the trees and bushes, dark nightmares contained within their leafy branches, that are coming for you. All you have to do is be brave enough. Daring enough. To slip inside.