FIRST PLACE OUTSTANDING FANTASY INDEPENDENT AUTHORS NETWORK

FIRST PLACE PURPLE DRAGONFLY AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT FICTION.

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree

Orphaned and alone, Conor Archer comes back to his hometown to find himself the center of attention. With the help of new friends, Jace the captain of the football team and Beth, his twin sister, along with a strange Labrador Retriever named Troubles, Conor has to discover who he really is and how he is tied to the mystery of the 'Dark Ones'. They are the children the town is protecting from an ancient river demon and a shapeshifter in the nearby Indian Burial mound. Into the midst of Conor's hunt for the truth comes DIOGENE, a biogenetics company with a scientist willing to do anything to unravel the mystery of the 'Dark Ones'. Conor finds himself caught in a web of lies where myth and science war for humanity's soul. In the midst of rising terror and horror, courage and heroism shine out through the darkness in this epic paranormal fantasy.