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Since mankind began, civilizations have always fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs…Now it’s our turn. Huge earthquakes rock the world. Cities are destroyed. But something even more awful is happening. An ancient evil has been unleashed, turning everday people into hunters, killers,... read more

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  • Aries: On the bus to rehearsal with Sara and Colin when earthquake struck. Daniel helped pull her out and led her to the school to meet up with her classmates. She quickly became the one her classmates looked to for leadership.
  • Clementine: Narrowly escaped being gunned down with her parents in a church. On a mission to find her brother in Seattle in hopes that he survived.
  • Michael: Witnessed cops shooting a man who killed a motorcyclist. His parents are divorced and he lives with his dad who is away on business. Becomes friends with an older man named Evans who is staying at a hotel when everything goes crazy.
  • Mason: After his mother is in an accident, he goes to the hospital where he discovers that his whole school has been bombed and everyone killed. He realizes his mom's accident saved his life. After she dies, he goes numb and is constantly fighting to keep the darkness away.
  • Jack King: One of the students that is in Aries' group
  • Colin: Sara's boyfriend; coward; ran away from bus accident without trying to find Sara or help anyone else that was in need; selfish
  • Daniel: an enigma; saves Aries and then disappears; seems that the darkness is in him and occasionally lets him have moments of reprieve
  • Joy: one of Aries' group
  • Nathan: one of Aries' group; Eve's brother
  • Eve: one of Aries' group; Nathan's sister
  • Paul: Native American; best friend to Chee; becomes Mason's friend
  • Sara: Aries' best friend; is killed in bus accident
  • Heath: Clementine's brother who is away at college in Seattle
  • Ms. Darcy: theater teacher
  • Billy: one of Michael's original group that he formed with Evans
  • Evans: older man that became friends with Michael
  • Joe: Michael's friend
  • Sam: Add a description of this character.
  • Tom
  • Henry
  • Craig Strathmore: boy that Clementine liked
  • James
  • Amanda
  • Chee: Native American girl; Paul's best friend; meets up with Mason and helps him heal from his loss
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “Sometimes it is easier to embrace the pain than fight against the fire.”
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  • “When they look in a mirror do they see their true selves?”
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First Sentence edit see section history

I'm standing on the edge of existence.

Table of Contents edit see section history

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Mason
Aries
Clementine
Michael
Aries
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Mason
Clementine
Michael
Mason
Aries
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Michael
Mason
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Aries
Clementine
Michael
Mason
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Aries
Clementine
Mason
Aries
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Michael
Mason
Clementine
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Aries
Mason
Aries
Mason
Clementine
Mason
Aries
Mason
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Glossary edit see section history

  • Bagger: term used for the sick people who attack and kill

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 2 in Dark Inside. (standard series)

Followed by Rage Within.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Jeyn Roberts (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
ISBN: 978-1442423510
Page Count: 336

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