Hero Complex

More than seventy years after Pearl Harbor drew theUnited States into World War II, a sinister secret-remnants of covert researchdone by the Army-haunts the Keaton School.Less than two months have passed since DevonMackintosh uncovered the truth about the apparent suicide of Hutch, Keaton's goldenboy and her unrequited love. But solving Hutch's murder has put all eyeson her in the small Keaton School community. When she is knocked unconscious ona New Year's Eve cruise, it's clear that her life is danger too. In theaftermath of the attack, Devon must attend a weekly meeting with Dr. JocelynHsu, a shrink who refuses to believe Devon's account of the "e;accident."e;She turns to the only people she can trust: Hutch'sterminally ill grandfather, Reed, and his heirs Bodhi and Raven. Before Reeddies, he gives Devon a journal from his time as a science prodigy in theimmediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor. Reed's entries not only detail top secretresearch on what would become Keaton land, they reveal a pact made among threepowerful families-a pact that could determine the school's future. Wrestlingwith growing feelings for Bodhi and the very real threat closing in on her,Devon fights to untangle both the past and the present and find the truthReed's enemies are still willing to kill for.