Mystery
The Lost Story
2024·329 pages
Two lost boys return to a magical realm to find a missing sister, confronting past traumas.
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Two lost boys return to a magical realm to find a missing sister, confronting past traumas.
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As boys, best friends Jeremy Cox and Rafe Howell went missing in a vast West Virginia state forest, only to mysteriously reappear six months later with no explanation for where they’d gone or how they’d survived.
Fifteen years after their miraculous homecoming, Rafe is a reclusive artist who still bears scars inside and out but has no memory of what happened during those months. Meanwhile, Jeremy has become a famed missing persons’ investigator. With his uncanny abilities, he is the one perso...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Central M/M romance; intimate scenes largely fade-to-black
Violence & gore
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Fantasy sword fights and battles; peril without graphic detail
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Brief mention of prenatal substance abuse in a character's past
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Central M/M romantic relationship between two primary characters
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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Portal fantasy; characters enter a central enchanted magical realm
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content present
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Mentions of depression, suicide, and mental illness
Abuse & suffering
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Child abuse and domestic violence backstory; parental death; anti-gay bias
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