The Golden Locket
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Ben Hower has been missing for eight years.
His wife and son, Jake, a boy of 15, have given up all hope of ever finding out what happened to him. That is, until an old family friend dies suddenly and mails Jake a package containing his father's old journal. A journal that seems to be holding many secrets but can't be opened.
Jake soon discovers that he is not like everyone else and there is one man, who always carries a mysterious locket around his neck that will stop at nothing to make sure Jake Hower meets the same fate as his father.
NOTE: I have already completed this book once. This is just a re upload but with the second draft now. It's drastically improved from the first draft.
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