Reunion — Christopher Farnsworth

A girl detective. A boy genius. A warrior princess. A young magician. Four young people with extraordinary gifts.For years, they solved mysteries, caught crooks, and slayed monsters. They were secret heroes, keeping an idyllic small town in the middle of America safe from the things that lurked in the dark.Then, the year of their high school graduation, the darkness came for them.During what the media called New Year's Evil, a demonic force rose to turn their hometown into a literal Hell on Earth.They gathered to stop it. They fought. And they won.The rest of the world never discovered the truth behind the disaster. For 20 years, the four tried living like normal people.Now their past is coming back to haunt them.The darkness is gathering once more. They're summoned back to their hometown to face it, along with everything else they left behind.Last time, they saved the world. This time, they'll have to do something much harder.They'll have to save each other.THE GIRL DETECTIVECarrie Keene — born with an eidetic memory, Carrie has been fighting crime since grade school, graduating from stolen bikes to federal felonies. But when she finds the sign of a murderous cult at a crime scene, she knows that she has to return home and re-open the case that everyone else would just as soon forget.THE BOY GENIUS Danny Sharp — the insanely smart heir to a high-tech fortune, Danny spent his childhood building jetpacks and robots, catching mad scientists and industrial spies. After losing his start-up in a corporate takeover, Danny returns to face the same evil that killed his father, and now waits for him.THE WARRIOR PRINCESSAlana Bright — born to a refugee from a mystical world, Alana always knew she was different. She carried a magic sword and killed the monsters that came out at night, keeping the daylight world safe. Once the final battle was over, she was ready to be normal. Her days are spent with her daughter, and she's happy. But an old evil won't let her walk away — and she will have to pick up her sword again to protect the people she loves most.THE YOUNG MAGICIANEric Weiss — a misfit plagued by disturbing visions, Eric learned early that all the demons and horrors he saw were real. This generation's Merlin, Eric lost his powers two decades ago and has been doing card tricks in Vegas ever since. When his abilities return, he knows that his nemesis is alive again, too. Only this time, he's not sure he wants to sacrifice himself for the greater good.For fans of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Victoria Schwab, REUNION is the story of what happens when the good guys grow up.REUNION is a gleeful horror/thriller mashup... hilarious, shocking, and genuinely suspenseful. There is no limit to Christopher Farnsworth's imagination.— Ben H. Winters, New York Times bestselling author of Underground Airlines and The Quiet BoyAn incandescent horror novel where ancient legend meets the American heartland, with characters so real and engaging, I felt like I've known them since childhood... Dark fantasy at its finest.— Elizabeth Hand, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Generation Loss and Hokuloa RoadChristopher Farnsworth combines myths old and new into a harrowing, gripping novel where the past and present of a small town's unlikely band of heroes collide, with the fate of the world — and their friendships — in the balance. Fans of Stranger Things, Yellowjackets, and well-told fantasy will love it.— Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author of Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds and Mr. And Mrs. WitchThe Nicolas Cage of high-octane fiction... REUNION is a classic slice of weird Americana, served like the best apple pie you ever tasted if it was laced with cyanide. I wish I was reading it for the first time again myself.— Lavie Tidhar, World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Violent Century and By Force AloneWith heart-pounding action and sly dialogue, REUNION is a book you'll be thinking about long after putting it down. I loved it!— Brendan Reichs, New York Times bestselling author of NemesisREUNION is the book I've waited for my whole life. When I was a kid, I inhaled all the adventures about young heroes — the Tom Swifts, the Nancy Drews, the kids who discover magic — and desperately wanted to know what happened to them when they grew up... but REUNION is more than that — it's also an affecting story about the pressures of being a child prodigy, the debts owed to family and friends, and the hard work of living the rest of your life. It's frickin' brilliant.— Daryl Gregory, award-winning author of Spoonbenders and Revelator