From the creators of the #1 podcast Limetown, an explosive prequel about a teenager who learns of a mysterious research facility where more than three hundred people have disappearedâincluding her uncleâwith clues that become the key to discovering the secrets of this strange town.
On a seemingly ordinary day, seventeen-year-old Lia Haddock hears news that will change her life forever: three hundred men, women, and children living at a research facility in Limetown, Tennessee, have disappeared without a trace. Among the missing is Emile Haddock, Liaâs uncle.
What happened to the people of Limetown? Itâs all anyone can talk about. Except Liaâs parents, who refuse to discuss what might have happened there. They refuse, even, to discuss anything to do with Emile.
As a student journalist, Lia begins an investigation that will take her far from her home, discovering clues about Emileâs past that lead to a shocking secretâone with unimaginable implications not only for the people of Limetown, but for Lia and her family. The only problem isâŠsheâs not the only one looking for answers.
Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie are first-rate storytellers, in every medium. Critics called their podcast Limetown âcreepy and otherworldlyâ (The New York Times) and âendlessly funâ (Vox), and âreaders will have a hard time putting this story down, even as it pulls them deeper into the rabbit hole that is Limetownâ (Publishers Weekly). Working with Cote Smith, a PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize Finalist, theyâve crafted an exhilarating mystery that asks big questions about what we owe to our families and what we owe to ourselves, about loss, discovery, and growth. Threaded throughout is Emileâs storyâtold in these pages for the first time ever.
