The Last Lobby

Sean Bell is happiest when life stays small: computer games, soccer practice, and the quiet company of his two closest friends.

Then a hidden room appears inside his favorite game.

The room contains a message from a boy Sean’s family says is dead—and a clue pointing to an abandoned pool, a rain-dark bridge, and a secret his father never told.

With Ben and Salman beside him, Sean follows the game’s impossible map into the past. But every answer reveals another lie, and the closer Sean gets to the truth, the more he must decide whether being quiet has kept him safe—or kept him from becoming who he is meant to be.

Some maps are made to keep you safe.

Others are made to show you the way out.