Department 19

Department 19
Will Hill

In a secret supernatural battle that's been raging for over a century, the stakes have just been raised – and they're not wooden anymore.DEPARTMENT 6 IS THE ARMYDEPARTMENT 12 is MI5DEPARTMENT 19 IS THE REASON YOU’RE ALIVEWhen Jamie Carpenter's mother is kidnapped by strange creatures, he finds himself dragged into Department 19, the government's most secret agency.Fortunately for Jamie, Department 19 can provide the tools he needs to find his mother, and to kill the vampires who want him dead. But unfortunately for everyone, something much older is stirring, something even Department 19 can't stand up against…

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I have been one acquainted with the night.

I have walked out in rain – and back in rain.

I have outwalked the furthest city light.

Robert Frost

We want no proofs. We ask none to believe us.

Abraham Van Helsing

Contents

Cover (#udd762151-8801-5fc2-9234-4714fd759b3a)

Title Page (#u33c8e506-6a14-5736-950e-cbce23c9ac79)

Copyright (#ulink_f43b36ca-6fd4-5037-a548-0c813ff2ec2e)

Epigraph (#ucb4243d6-74fe-5ab9-9eac-130b3df36edc)

MEMORANDUM

PROLOGUE

TWO YEARS LATER (#ulink_83c0aa57-00d5-562f-acc6-638e4b823273)

Chapter 1 - TEENAGE WASTELAND

Chapter 2 - SINS OF THE FATHER

Chapter 3 - ATTACK ON SUBURBIA

Chapter 4 - SEARCH AND RESCUE

Chapter 5 - INTO THE DARKNESS

Chapter 6 - THE LYCEUM INCIDENT, PART 1

Chapter 7 - IT’S HARD TO BREATHE WITH A HAND AROUND YOUR THROAT

Chapter 8 - THE LYCEUM INCIDENT, PART II

Chapter 9 - A HARD DAY’S NIGHT

Chapter 10 - THE LYCEUM INCIDENT, PART III

Chapter 11 - THE MORNING AFTER

Chapter 12 - A CRIMSON KINDNESS

Chapter 13 - FIRST DATE

Chapter 14 - SPLINTER CELL

Chapter 15 - THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS

Chapter 16 - EVERY BOY’S DREAM

Chapter 17 - THE BLACK SHEEP

Chapter 18 - IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS

Chapter 19 - BLOOD AND LETTERS

Chapter 20 - THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, PART I