Lake Reed is a sophomore medical student with the ideal life: a devoted girlfriend, good grades, and a perfect family.
People are dying all over the news due to an unknown disease, and scientists have racked their brains in vain.
Lake keeps seeing a certain man, who is always saying "it's coming," and he is terrified. His professor assigned him an impossible project that he believes could be the answer to the recent deaths.
He is faced with a decision that will bring up his past, a past he was unaware of. His life is on the line, and his relationship with his girlfriend and family is strained, but he must do what is right, even if it means getting killed.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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