On Roanoke Island, the legend of the 114 people who mysteriously
vanished from the Lost Colony hundreds of years ago is just an outdoor
drama for the tourists, a story people tell. But when the island faces
the sudden disappearance of 114 people now, an unlikely pair of
17-year-olds may be the only hope of bringing them back.
Miranda, a misfit girl from the island’s most infamous family, and Phillips, an exiled teen criminal who hears the voices of the dead, must dodge
everyone from federal agents to long-dead alchemists as they work to
uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony. The one thing they can’t
dodge is each other.
Blackwood is a dark, witty coming of age story that combines America’s oldest mystery with a thoroughly contemporary romance.
