lt's not spectacular, it's a run of the mill some would even call it Mayberry but that's a good description. The city is enlarging and with it starts the beginning of the breaking apart of the everyone knows everyone harmony. This one small city has fought to remain the same
Slowly as the earth turns, this city is being swept away into living life in an unharmonious way. New buildings, mostly banks are being built for the homes where the newcomers are coming; although they are on the outskirts.
One new arrival is the new school system, no longer are they going to buck the system and have 6th grade remain elementary.
The kids go with the flow, while the parents can see a hint of the conformity and being puppeteered.
One norm that no one wants to discuss is one vacant solitary building that looks eyeless. It's the only reminder and remainder of what used to be.
Two main characters Hiccup and Pontmus happen to be traveling past the "used to be" when movement catches one of their eyes.
It's from that one shadow that the sleuthing begins. One boy is going to uncover whatever is going on; while the other rather have the police handle it.
Why he is so determined to find out can be unearthed by checking out his family. Being the middle child has neither the perks of being the leader or being the spoiled. The dad has a job that places a demand to find things out that once was thought impossible
This gene of discovering has lain dormant in him since where he lives is so tame but things are about to go from normal to un.
The personality that wins out causes more sleuthing which uncovers very little until happenstance collides with reality.
One of the new families to move in, breaching the solitude of the city has a child who is so oddly articulate, it's cool.
He becomes an unknowing accomplice in whatever is going on.
Sleuth boy gets his chance to really find out what is happening when he takes over a temporary job offered. Right now, all he has is his assumptions and imagination.
He is not trying to get caught; in fact, he doesn't believe he will. He is so caught up that he doesn't see the signs that show that the table has been turned and he is no longer the only spy.
Capture is imminent, but not only does he get ensnared, his friend, who had a moment of bravery is also entrapped.
Now what can they do?
These people are adults, bigger, stronger smarter. Hiccup notices that the smart gene may have passed on them. While he tries to play on that notion, his friend fades into despair.
Still leading, the way only trussed up Hiccup's brain is swirling with ideas on escape. Each one does not produce the wanted effect.
Will they ever be found?
This author writes her debut novel under a sobriquet. Some facts are that her real name can be pronounced in every country. She writes with a passion of telling an Unlikely story with funny parts if you have the type of humor to appreciate it. Holding a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, writing has always held a torch. This book shows the light at the end.
