"It's winter in the town of Eerie-on-Sea, where the mist is thick and the salt spray is rattling the windows of the Grand Nautilus Hotel. Inside, young Herbert Lemon, Lost and Founder for the hotel, has an unexpected visitor. It seems that Violet Parma, a fearless girl around his age, lost her parents at the hotel when she was a baby, and she's sure that the nervous Herbert is the only person who can help her find them. The trouble is, Violet is...

"When townspeople start disappearing after the arrival of a magician who knows about his past, Henry must separate truth from sleight-of-hand to solve the mystery of the Shadowghast lantern before they are all swallowed by darkness"--

"It's the anniversary of daring Violet Parma's arrival in Eerie. But even after a year of searching, she still hasn't found her missing parents, and anxious Herbert Lemon has learned little else about why he washed up on the shore in a crate of lemons as a baby. What's more, the creators of the Anomalous Phenomena podcast have dropped anchor in town and are fishing around for secrets. Keeping ahead of the podcasters, Herbie and Violet set sail for...