In the wake of the solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opensβand a scientistβs life will never be the same, in this thrilling serialized adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of The Hollows.
Dr. Renee Caisson knows there are worse things than an attractive man in uniform drafting her into a secret government projectβespecially when Major Jackson makes it clear that he isnβt bothered by her questionable past. But when her labs come back with decidedly odd results, the Major is forced to come clean over who the government is actually studying. Renee is shocked to learn her subjects are demonic-looking beings who call themselves βNeighborsββrefugees from a dying world, who arrived during the nation-wide solar eclipse.
The Neighborsβ technology is unlike anything Reneeβs ever encountered. At first, she dismisses an injury that inexplicably heals as βjust one of those thingsβ. And surely August, the most gregarious Neighbor, begins to speak English overnight because of the team linguistβs skills?
Not until August begins evolving in real time to withstand Earthβs brighter, dryer atmosphere does she admit that the Neighborsβ βtechβ feels less like science and more like magicβthe same magic that brought them here in the first place, and the same theyβre trying to rekindle with a mysterious labyrinth in order to return home and save their world.
At least, thatβs what August claims they came forβ¦