Isolated on an arid, high-desert plateau in central New Mexico, Los Alamos has hosted US Government laboratory facilities since the 1940s and the days of the clandestine Manhattan Project. No longer a top-secret location, the city’s research labs continue to be a center of scientific discovery and invention, an effort led by Los Alamos Biotechnologies, aka “the LAB.” This is where Ellie Henderson, her sister Sam, and their friends Aaron and Ryan attend high school. Still only a junior, Ellie’s biggest concern is getting a grip on her American History term paper. The rest of the group is already eagerly looking ahead to the coming fall and the beginning of college. The next few days will throw all of their futures into doubt. Trespassing into a restricted area, the four friends chance upon a weathered wooden shack hidden far from the main facilities of the LAB. Once they realize their discovery poses a terrible, previously unimaginable danger, they commit to doing all they can to eliminate it. But does their plan come at too high a price? Learn more about the Benders series at bendersnovels.com