Something sinister is at work in Stratton, an isolated college town in the quiet plains of the Midwest. Jay Downing’s best friend disappears, then is found dead. When the police chief won’t pursue answers, Jay is forced to act—and is drawn into a cunning world he never knew existed. The battleground is a most unlikely The University Jay attends. Beneath the college campus lies a series of tunnels. Shrouded in secrecy. And frequented by a group of people capable of anything. Coed Kristin Holiday, whose green eyes draw Jay close, is the only person he feels he can trust for help. But is Kristin all she seems? Two men, one a disgraced former law officer, and the other a cop with a history that still haunts him, just might have given Jay the break he needs to bring the darkness to light. Jay realizes he must overcome the evil before it spreads further into the community, and from there... Even in Darkness , the debut novel from author Jeffrey Aran Leever, will pull you in with suspense and not let you go until the final page.