The Barrier Keepers · Book One
The Vanishingat Pinecrest
Four students just vanished from Pinecrest — one of every kind. Sam Rivera has three days to bring them back before the cycle closes for good.
The Pattern
It has happened before. Four are already gone. The clock is at three days.
The Story
Some secrets are buried for a reason.
When fourteen-year-old Sam Rivera arrives at Pinecrest, four students have just disappeared — the way four always do, every twelve years, every spring. The school sits on the grounds of the old Whitmore Plantation, and the ground remembers what happened there.
Sam’s own father vanished months ago chasing the same ritual, and the clues lead straight back to Pinecrest. With three unlikely friends and three days on the clock, Sam has to find the missing before the cycle closes. And some people will kill to keep it buried.
The Four Who Vanished
One of every kind. Gone.
The cycle always takes one Scholar, one Artisan, one Leader, one Healer.
MissingAaron Mitchell
Eidetic memory — he saw the pattern before anyone. Taken before he could warn them.
Last seen — spring, Pinecrest
MissingSofia Alvarez
The youngest. She drew what was coming. No one understood the drawings in time.
Last seen — spring, Pinecrest
MissingCaleb Johnson
The one who held everyone together — until the spring he didn’t come home.
Last seen — spring, Pinecrest
MissingLily Robertson
She could mend almost anything. Then the cycle took her too.
Last seen — spring, PinecrestThe Ones Searching
Four left to find them.
An unlikely found family, racing a clock no one else believes is ticking.
Sam Rivera
New to Pinecrest. Sees the pattern no one else can — and won’t stop pulling the thread.
Noah Chen
Writes code that shouldn’t run. If it’s buried in a system, he’ll dig it out.
Leila Washington
Grandma Diane energy. Her family has fought this since before she was born.
Mia Patel
Feels what everyone feels. She’s the reason the team doesn’t fall apart.
Four are gone. Three days on the clock.
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What Readers Say
★★★★★ 4.7
Verified Amazon readers — “couldn’t put it down.”
A great read — very creative and imaginative. Once I sat down to read it, I couldn’t put it down. Just got the 2nd book to continue the story!
An interesting read that I greatly enjoyed. Good suspense and plot reveal — looking forward to the next one!
This mystery was very intriguing. I especially loved how events in Ecuador and the United States tied together. The author shows great respect for all ages.
The Pinecrest Dossier
Open the case file.
Every twelve years, four students disappear from Pinecrest — one Scholar, one Artisan, one Leader, one Healer. Always four. Always in spring.
Pinecrest looks like any Virginia school. It is built on the grounds of the old Whitmore Plantation, and the ground remembers.
A secret order swears the vanishings keep the world safe. They are right that something is at stake — and wrong about almost everything else.
Three days. That is all Sam and his friends have before the cycle closes again — and the missing are gone for good.
After You’ve Read It
Find your place in the world.
Every Keeper is one of four. Which one are you?
Three Days
Start it tonight. Finish before the cycle closes.
The first book in The Barrier Keepers — the mystery readers fall into at midnight.