My new book, Cracking Monsters, is officially here! It’s my fourth Middle Grade/Young Adult novel, my fourteenth book overall, and the second adventure in The Uncrackables series.
Months after Andy Wagner and his friends solved one of Infinity Point’s greatest mysteries, Andy is desperate for another adventure. He gets one when a tour-boat accident sends him plunging into Lake Grimton—and something enormous shoots through the water beneath him.
The townspeople believe their legendary lake monster, Grimmy, is a gentle giant whose song brings inner peace. But the old stories don’t add up. The deeper Andy and his friends dig, the more dangerous the truth becomes.
I had a blast writing this book. It’s packed with puzzles, humor, hidden passages, unexpected twists, and plenty of supernatural danger. At its heart, though, it’s also a story about temptation, conscience, and what can happen when we pursue peace at any cost.
Although Cracking Monsters continues The Uncrackables, it tells a complete mystery of its own. Readers can jump straight into this adventure without having read Cracking Time first.
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Andy Wagner is afraid he’s already peaked—and he’s only thirteen. Months ago, he and his friends solved one of Infinity Point’s greatest mysteries and became local heroes. Now life is ordinary again … until his tour boat lurches, flinging him into Lake Grimton. Something shoots beneath him.
Something far too big to be a fish.
Grimmy, the town’s legendary lake monster, hasn’t been seen in over a century. He’s celebrated as a gentle giant whose song brings inner peace. But as Andy and his friends investigate his return, the old stories stop adding up.
Grimmy is no gentle giant.
He’s dangerous. So is his gift.
Someone else wants that gift. If he gets it, countless lives could be ruined. To stop him, Andy must unravel a mystery that has fooled generations … and survive a monster that should have never been set free.
Andy wanted a bigger adventure. Now he’s in way over his head.
Packed with humor, puzzles, supernatural danger, and unexpected twists, Cracking Monsters continues The Uncrackables, a fast-paced middle-grade mystery-adventure series for fans of Gordon Korman’s Masterminds, James Ponti’s The Sherlock Society, and The 39 Clues.
Thank you to everyone who has read, encouraged, reviewed, or shared my books. Your support allows me to keep telling these stories, and I’m excited for you to discover what’s waiting beneath Lake Grimton.
Yours in adventure,
David Meyer