When seventeen-year-old Quentin Hanson is kidnapped in the dead of a random autumn night, everything about his seemingly normal life in his small and safe suburb of Massachusetts is called into question. His friends are trapped with him. Their parents seemed to have been involved in the crime. He realizes that every little piece of his life, from the illnesses he's had to the people he's known, have all played into his disappearance. When he is forced to recognize that he is central to a secret scientific puzzle, a conflicted Quentin must make his own fateful decision: whether to vie for his freedom or to accept living out the rest of his days solving the great mystery.The first book of The Dead Planets' Requiem series, this thrilling story follows characters of all ages, shifts in and out of immersive atmospheres, and brims with drama and suspense. Blending science fiction with mystery, it is the perfect read for an audience that loves a crossover of genres.