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Curiosity killed the colony once. Valence's job is to make sure it never happens again. In 2083, a novel bacterium erupted from the Martian soil, turning skin to glass and leaving only a handful alive. To rebuild, the survivors handed full authority to the colony AI—a desperate choice that divided them and shaped every generation that followed. A century later, the colony survives by obeying Valence's rules: conserve resources, follow orders, and above all, never disturb the soil again.

On the three-year anniversary of true crime writer Olivia Cruz’s horrific kidnapping, she’s scheduled to walk her podcaster friend Zoe March through the crime scene, but Zoe fails to show. Olivia knows Zoe would never stand her up—not today. Zoe’s husband, who claims she never came home the night before, has reported her missing. But marital conflicts make the police suspect she has left him. Olivia thinks otherwise. The police aren’t looking for Zoe, so Olivia begins her own investigation. Retracing her friend’s last steps, she finds Zoe’s phone and a text with one chilling word: Run.

Sixteen-year-old Connie has been dragged into the world of vlogging - her mum Lou's vlog is hugely popular, enough to bring in money for a new house, expensive lifestyle . . . and a lot of criticism. While Lou and Connie's older sister Isla are touring colleges, Connie stays home alone, where she becomes increasingly paranoid about comments on the vlog. Then Connie's best friend is attacked - the third teenage girl attacked in five weeks - and suspicion turns to Connie.

For decades, J. Everett High has staged an annual murder mystery to put its criminology students to the test. And this year, crime junkie Dulce Castillo is dead set on winning. Soon, the game kicks off, and the student playing the victim, Xavier Torres, is found poisoned in the school's greenhouse . . . except his death isn't pretend.

Well, hello there! I see you are interested in learning about our young lad Luke. Oh? You’d like to know who is speaking to you first? It is I, the grand Apollo! You know, the god of music, prophecies, sometimes the sun, etcetera, etcetera! Glad to make your acquaintance! I am… currently trapped in Hell’s prison. Can you believe it!? This really annoying demon named Shax tricked me. He had poor Hephaestus lure me out into the open. I still practically scorched half his body, but the blasted demon managed to knock me out!