Cracking Time: A New Mystery Begins in Infinity Point ⭐

Merry (almost) Christmas, everyone! I’m thrilled to announce the release of my brand-new book, Cracking Time — my third Middle Grade/Young Adult novel and my thirteenth book overall.

Looking for a great last-minute gift? Cracking Time makes the perfect stocking stuffer for a young reader… or for anyone who’s still young at heart. (Honestly, you might want to grab two.)

The story follows Andy Wagner, a kid so distracted by his phone that he walks straight into a raging river. After he’s pulled out, his fed-up parents send him to Camp Digi-Detox, an ultra-strange program designed to cure digital addiction. But when Andy sneaks out to reclaim his confiscated device, he uncovers something far more unsettling: the camp isn’t helping kids… it’s using them.

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Think you can crack that code?

I absolutely love this book, and I think you will too. Cracking Time is a fast-paced, family-friendly adventure packed with nonstop action, wild twists, and humor. It’s a story about teamwork, sacrifice, and curiosity — and a reminder that sometimes the best adventures begin when we put our devices down and start exploring the world around us.

Check out the full summary below.

The internet is gone.
The phones are locked away.
The adventure is just beginning.

Perfect for readers who love City Spies, The 39 Clues, and high-stakes mystery adventures filled with puzzles, conspiracies, and dangerous secrets.

Andy Wagner’s summer collapses the moment he walks straight into a river—because he was too busy watching videos to notice it was there. His parents have had enough. Their solution? Camp Digi-Detox, a strange program hidden inside a crumbling college dorm.

Devices are banned.
Kids spend their days transcribing dusty handwritten documents into a secret database.

Andy expects boredom.
What he finds is a conspiracy.

When Andy and three other campers hatch a daring plan to reclaim their confiscated phones, they uncover something far bigger: a clue to the Bedlam, a legendary ship that vanished centuries ago while carrying a powerful artifact within its hull.

Ruthless enemies are closing in on the artifact. To stop them, Andy must unite a team of unlikely allies:

• Dora, who spots patterns no one else sees
• Trish, whose acting skills make deception second nature
• Felix, a tech whiz itching to outsmart the system

If they can’t crack the Bedlam’s secrets in time, the artifact could rewrite history in ways that erase everything—including their very existence.

Cracking Time is the first book in The Uncrackables — a fast-paced mystery-adventure series packed with puzzles, danger, teamwork, and explosive discoveries. Perfect for readers ages 8–14 who love solving secrets and uncovering the truth.

In Other News …

Cracking Time is the first book in my new middle-grade mystery–adventure series, The Uncrackables. Set in the town of Infinity Point—known (by those who know its secrets) as the Mystery Capital of the World—the series follows Andy Wagner and his friends as they stumble into conspiracies, artifacts, legends, and mysteries far bigger than anything they were meant to find.

Infinity Point is the kind of place where old ruins, forgotten tunnels, and impossible stories aren’t just rumors—they’re invitations. And Andy and his team have a habit of answering them.

The next book in the series, Cracking Monsters, is already well underway, and I can’t wait to share more about what’s lurking beneath Infinity Point very soon.

If you’re still hunting for Christmas gifts, you might also want to check out Misguided. It’s set in the ultimate tourist trap—a town where Christmas is celebrated year-round, complete with fake snow, bright lights, and a nightly Santa parade. But beneath all that cheerful sparkle lies a mystery with sharp edges … and once it begins, there’s no turning back.

One more update before I go: this newsletter is officially going monthly. I hope you’ll stick around for the ride—there are plenty of adventures ahead.

As always, thank you for reading, sharing, and supporting my work. I truly couldn’t do this without you.

Oh—and one more thing…

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Yours in adventure,
David Meyer
www.DavidMeyerCreations.com

(This post originally appeared in my holiday newsletter to subscribers … edited for some recent changes)