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In "The Conformity," Shreve teams with Jack and Jack’s mute girlfriend Ember as they journey to Maryland to investigate the ancient and malevolent entity known as "the elder." Hidden near Baltimore, the elder is said to be generating psychic tremors that spread out into the world, causing widespread mayhem, mass suicides, and threatening the collapse of civilization. The novel follows their perilous quest to uncover the truth behind this supernatural menace.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: John Hornor Jacobs
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