Meet Cloud 9, a whimsical nontet of teenage video-gamers stationed across the globe. All seemed well and in order - their online bloody genocide was now daily and their grades in real-life school were hazardous - until the member of the group that has always been the mystery goes missing from the online world of battle and bewitch.
Faced with a grand enveloping mystery, the eight remaining boys (plus one third party associate) strive to obtain the whereabouts of James. They uncover a chilling secret - the missing boy had been captured by an infamous secret society - and they find themselves racing across faraway continents, seas, and islands in unrelenting search of James.
In this tale of heroism, tragedy, good, evil, estranged love, and mystery, bullets bludgeon bloody bodies, scissors slice unsuspecting skin, impromptu penises penetrate unprepared panties, and malicious men murder monogamous minors. In troubled times one must go to great lengths to keep what he has, gather what he needs, and take back what no one else can; and in the end, masks cannot be maintained and losses go beyond count as when everything seems all but clear, one thing definitely is:
Cloud 9 had never been so close to hell.
"Ah, at last: a book combining gay smut, mortal combat, and Satanic sacrifice. This book isn't sick - it's just as pale and tired as always." - Jesus, probably
*this book deals with topics such as self-harm, LGBTQ, depression, rape, underage drinking/sex, and mortal violence
COMPLETED/UNDER GOING CONSTRUCTION
"So, what's your name?"
"Yeah... about that. I don't know."
"Don't know what?"
"My name."
"How can you not know your own name? Were you never given one or something?"
"I don't remember it."
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Just a small, average town. Quiet. Peaceful. Friendly.
Nothing strange about it.
Until a strange girl discovers a big secret that becomes a matter of life and death.
The uncovered secret summons danger, pulling together a group of people determined to protect one another. Along the way, the new friends encounter secrets, trust, betrayal, and a little bit of love.
Rankings:
- #4 in preteen
- #9 in clues