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 with fade-to-black intimacy and sensual tension
Violence & gore
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Fantasy sword fights and creature battles; peril without graphic gore
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources
Substance use
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Brief backstory mention of prenatal substance abuse
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Central m/m romantic relationship between primary characters
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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Portal to an enchanted realm is central; magical world with danger
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content present
Political content
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Light themes of identity, acceptance, and belonging
Self-harm / suicide
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Mentions of depression, suicide, and mental illness in backstory
Abuse & suffering
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Backstory of child abuse, domestic violence, parental death; anti-gay character
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