Dave Mayernik

Something's Wrong in Nowhere

Nothing ever happens in Oak Falls, Wisconsin. That’s why everyone calls it Nowhere.But when Matt Brooks’s English teacher mysteriously disappears and a strange substitute takes his place, Matt notices things no one else seems willing to question. Mr. Larkin never blinks. The lights flicker whenever he is near. And hidden inside the missing teacher’s house is a warning:They’re watching. Don’t trust the lights.With his best friends James and Heather—and Zach, a guarded newcomer whose cousin vanished years earlier—Matt begins uncovering secrets buried beneath their quiet town. Hidden cameras. Underground tunnels. Records of people who disappeared…and returned different.Someone is watching Oak Falls. Someone is replacing its residents one by one.Now Matt and his friends must discover who they can trust before the enemy realizes how much they know.Because in Nowhere, Wisconsin, familiar faces may be hiding something inhuman.Something’s Wrong in Nowhere is an eerie science-fiction mystery about friendship, disappearances, and the secrets hiding beneath an ordinary small town.

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