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Echoes Below

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Echoes Below

In the quiet town of Wrenwick, something has gone missing-and it's not just a boy.

When 13-year-old Will vanishes without a trace, his four closest friends-Ezra, Theo, Remi, and Miles-set out to find him. But what begins as a desperate search leads them to a mystery far older and darker than they could have imagined.

With the help of Noah, a soft-spoken newcomer with his own quiet sorrow, and a strange little girl named Ara who harbors powers beyond understanding, the boys uncover an underground world of shifting tunnels, shadow creatures, and memories that don't belong to them. Each clue pulls them deeper into a haunting puzzle-one that whispers secrets through walls, warps reality, and threatens to consume them all.

As their bond is tested and a tender romance begins to blossom between two boys, the group must face what lurks beneath both the town-and themselves.

Something is calling from below.
And it wants to be remembered.Public Domain

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The Haunted Town by Aymen_M

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The Silent Shadows by Chercher246

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Into The Abyss

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