"You were right to fear the dark. The last hundred years or so has trained you to forget to fear the dark. You beat it back with Edison's little invention but all the reasons to fear the dark didn't go away..." Mysteries abound in the little town of Blackriver, Ontario, and there doesn't seem to be anything sixteen year-old Ashley Bennett and her friends can't handle. Bigfoot? No problem. Aliens? Pssh. Vampires? Bring it. Werewolves, bah. But new dangers arise. Creatures both fair and foul challenge them at every turn. From unexpected places come unexpected allies. Old dangers bring new twists, threatening their families and their lives. Will they be able to save their town and themselves, or will their own growing powers prove to be their undoing?