Synopsis
The superstitious say the world ends on December 12, 2012, but for psychic Seth Rose, it’s only the day Logan Cusick would have turned 21 had he not vanished from Blue Mountain in the spring of 2009. Three years later, Seth still hunts his abductor Kwil Farkos. Smilers, some call them, cunning assassins or supernatural creatures responsible for hundreds of disappearances across North America. Seth doesn’t care for theories though. He wants leads.
He finds one where he wishes he didn’t when he and fellow investigators discover strange symbols surrounding Logan’s hometown and an evil presence haunting his troubled brother Eugene. Kwil has returned, Seth thinks, if his psychic impressions of Logan’s twisted memories can be trusted. Paranormal investigator Conrad Xiao Hong thinks it more likely that the Cusick family’s grief has attracted a powerful demon. Meanwhile, paranoid stalker Brand Danil prepares for the extraterrestrials he believes abducted Logan to return. And Eugene’s close friend Esarose Porter learns Eugene knows more about Logan’s disappearance than he’ll admit. When their investigations lead to what’s inside a dodecagram-marked house at the city’s center, Seth and the others scramble to reveal the truth before they find out what really happens on December 12.
Elevator Pitches
Three years ago, high school senior Logan Cusick went missing in Blue Mountain Forest. Now, psychic Seth Rose, haunted by Logan’s memories, hunts his abductor. When the clues lead back to the Cusicks, Seth realizes he’s chasing a beast from their distant past.
A novel akin to a TV series. Twelve characters, including a world-weary psychic, an ardent ghost hunter, an orphan seeking her origins, and an extraterrestrial-obsessed stalker, investigate a strange disappearance. Instead, they find a monster from their pasts.
When a high school senior vanishes, did a creature, an alien, a demon, or merely a man abduct him? Twelve’s Design weaves real-world mysterious disappearances, demonology, and parapsychology into a psychological thriller for enthusiasts of the supernatural.
Genre
New Adult, Paranormal, Psychological Thriller
Content Warning
Contains harsh language, violence, child abuse, emotional abuse, discussions of suicide, kidnapping
Word Count
about 152,300 words