The Hatch in the Hollow: (Vault Chronicles #1)
SOME DOORS ARE LOCKED TO KEEP PEOPLE OUT.
OTHERS ARE LOCKED TO KEEP SOMETHING IN.
Jace Moreno thought detention was the worst thing that could happen at Oakhaven Middle School.
Then a storage closet emptied itself overnight.
The janitor started locking doors twice.
And something inside the walls began clicking back.
When Jace and his friends follow a malfunctioning drone into the woods behind their school, they discover a buried steel hatch surrounded by an unfinished chalk circle.
It has a keypad.
It has power.
And when the children accidentally wake it, the screen displays a single word:
HOLD.
Now the school's hallways are changing. The principal is acting strangely. New rules appear without explanation, and familiar faces are beginning to feel like imperfect copies.
Priya wants to document everything.
El would prefer to survive sixth grade without discovering any more secret underground facilities.
And Jace has a growing suspicion that the world's most unsettling janitor knows exactly what's happening.
Armed with chalk, notebooks, a handful of increasingly desperate rules, and absolutely no adult supervision worth mentioning, the three friends must uncover what lies beneath Oakhaven before something down there finds its way upstairs.
THE CIRCLE MUST REMAIN UNFINISHED.
THE DOORS MUST STAY CLOSED.
AND WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T MAKE THE SYSTEM LOUD.
The Hatch in the Hollow launches Vault Chronicles, an interconnected series of eerie science-fiction mysteries filled with impossible technology, dark humor, secret infrastructure, and children who notice what adults have learned to ignore.
For readers who like clever young heroes, unsettling mysteries, and scary adventures with a sense of humor.
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