Never Coming Home
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Publisher Description
The beach read you have been dying for! When ten of America's hottest teenage influencers are invited to an exclusive island resort, things are sure to get wild. But murder isn't what anyone expected. Will anyone survive?
Everyone knows Unknown Island—it’s the world’s most exclusive destination. Think white sand beaches, turquoise seas, and luxury accommodations. Plus, it’s invite only, no one over twenty-one allowed, and it’s absolutely free. Who wouldn’t want to go?
The mysterious resort launched with a viral marketing campaign, and now the whole world is watching as the mysterious resort opens its doors to the First Ten, the ten elite influencers specifically chosen to be the first to experience everything Unknown Island has to offer. You know them. There’s the gamer, the beauty blogger, the rich girl, the superstar, the junior politician, the environmentalist, the DJ, the CEO, the chef, and the athlete.
What they don’t know is that they weren’t invited to Unknown Island for their following—they were invited for their secrets. Everyone is hiding a deadly one, and it looks like someone’s decided it’s payback time. Unknown Island isn’t a vacation, it’s a trap. And it’s beginning to look like the First Ten—no matter how influential—are never coming home.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ten teen social media influencers are invited on a tropical island getaway that turns deadly in Williams's (Spells Like Teen Spirit) captivating murder mystery, a retelling of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None that recalls the real-life Fyre Festival. In exchange for free advertising, 10 social media influencers—dubbed the First Ten—are invited on an all-expenses-paid, weeklong vacation to Unknown Island, an ultra-exclusive tropical resort. The group, which includes a pro gamer, a transgender model, a young politician, and others, is excited for the opportunity to grow their respective followings. But upon arriving, they find the un-air-conditioned accommodations unfinished and not a single island employee. Instead, an envelope left for each of them reveals they've been invited to Unknown Island because they're all murderers. With no Wi-Fi and no conceivable means of rescue, their vacation is plagued by fear as distrust brews among them. And when someone winds up dead, their plans for escape turn into a struggle for survival. Via an ominous third-person perspective, Williams literalizes social media's sometimes suffocating omnipresence, blending it with frightening thrills to cultivate an atmosphere steeped in dread. Ages 14–up.
