DEADLY SECRETS have been buried in the Cascade mountain wilderness for centuries. Hidden. Out of sight and out of mind. Until today… Warren Wilkes, age 13, doesn’t like what a greedy housing developer has done to his peaceful mountain community, so he vandalizes the developer’s property, flees into the wild, and stumbles upon an ancient human skeleton revealed by torrential rain. More than old bones have been exposed, however, and the curious artifact Warren finds makes him question his own identity, and his connection to an ancient terror. A terror destined to rise again and annihilate all that Warren loves. He must fight or see his whole world destroyed.
Kenneth G. Bennett is the author of the sci-fi thriller, EXODUS 2022, and the young adult novels, THE GAIA WARS and BATTLE FOR CASCADIA. Ken's young adult sci-fi wilderness thriller, LOST BOY, will be published in fall, 2021, and his adult paranormal thriller THE TERRITORY is due in early 2022. Ken lives on an island in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and two hyperactive Australian shepherds.
Praise for EXODUS 2022: "Deft storytelling and a riptide of action." --Kirkus Reviews
"There is not a wasted word in this tense thriller. It's the reincarnation of Michael Crichton with an occasional side of Tom Clancy at his best - with aliens so close to home that you don't recognize them out of sheer familiarity. I cannot recommend this book highly enough."
--Abyss & Apex, Magazine of Speculative Fiction
"Bennett prevails when it counts, leading readers toward a riveting and unequivocally satisfying showdown." --Publishers Weekly