After facing the villainous Reclaimer, Becca is confined to home as the subsequent fallout takes Ardenwood by storm. Eventually allowed back to active duty, she’ll soon long for the boredom she previously rallied against. Juggling numerous responsibilities, piling up investigative work, and a gingery new partner, she wishes for more time to manage it all. Sometimes wishes do come true, but for Becca, death and destruction are never far behind. Struggling to maintain is tough enough, but when she uncovers a life-altering mystery that shatters all she knows, will a shaky trust in others help her survive the deadly discovery? As new players arrive bringing danger in spades, time bleeds away on dissolving chances while wicked questions and sinister answers meet in the shadows. By day, secrets hold hands with the past. By night, terror comes to Ardenwood. With no escape in sight, can she solve the riddles and unravel the clues behind a looping demise before she and everyone in town end up erased from the record books, this time, for good?

For Becca, thinking the disaster at her high school prom was bad enough, she’ll quickly learn just how dark her world can become as the deepest cuts hit closest to home when Grandpa goes missing. Taken by a sadistic killer that has haunted Ardenwood for weeks, his safe return is left to chance in a town forced into lockdown by a continued spread of chaos and panic. While the AOA are stretched thin rushing to end a villain’s reign of terror, she’ll struggle with the choice to either risk it all for family or play by the rules to stay alive. With a target on her back and every step potential death, the sinister game of cat and mouse she’s found herself in will soon include additional players as a new foe slips from the shadows bringing fresh calamity to an already crumbling situation. With no options left and nowhere to run, clues lead to connections as help comes from the oddest places and foes strike back even harder. Can she align the pieces and emerge victorious, or will rebellious desperate actions see it all burn to the ground? The epic Season 1 finale reaches its climax leaving no stone unturned, but when the dust finally settles, who will be left standing? Clock in, fight crime. Every day on the force a dice roll, every night a spin on the wheel. Take your chances and win big or go home dead. Just remember that in Ardenwood, regardless of wager, there will always be blood.

As humans begin appearing around the world with special abilities, Ardenwood, once home to a government operation hellbent on answers, cuts itself off from the nation. Becoming a place where superpowers take center stage and daily life mingles with evolution on a grand scale, it ultimately becomes a haven for some and a prison for most as tourists scamper for autographs and evil plots its dominance. Within, new rules and regulations are enforced. The Agents of Ardenwood, a specialized police force, is formed. Created to serve and protect those gifted beyond measure, the learning curve is steep, the hours are long, and the pay is lousy. With every citizen a potentially world-ending threat, the daily grind becomes a high-wire act without a net on the best of days. For Becca Byers, a rebellious teen with the power of geokinesis, standing up to a high school bully catapults her into the world of crime-solving and community service when she is forced to join the AOA or be executed as a result. It's a tough town and an even tougher life when one lives in the gritty gray area between normalcy and the superpowered. Required to work alongside those she once rallied against, this fresh recruit will need to navigate protocol, finish school, and try to stay alive while dealing with dodgy villains, hefty job requirements, and conspiracies galore. When evil slinks from the shadows, lies become truths, masks come off, and friends become foes, she'll find out the hard way that towns, much like people, have secrets and some will kill to keep them. Secrets galore and a cast of characters longer than a rap sheet await as The AOA delivers the boom and pow amid an expansive cityscape filled with danger, adventure, and a past that catches up to them all. Visit, stay the day if you're normal, or a lifetime if you're not. Ardenwood awaits, capes not required. Just remember, the tour buses leave at six, always ask before snapping photos, and keep on your toes because it's not always the superheroes you should worry about, the locals tend to bite too. ** Season 1 of The AOA includes Episodes 1-6 in their entirety and the Series Prequel. **

Welcome to the AOA. Clock in, clock out forever. For Becca, being a loner with the power to control earth, doesn’t fit the high school norm. Struggling daily with a relentless bully, predator becomes victim spiraling her world out of control. When push comes to shove, everything comes with a price. In Ardenwood, crime is handled differently, rules are in place. When it comes to the superpowered, minor offenses can easily bring death. Through a legal loophole, Becca is ultimately forced to join those she despises. Soon, the casual life she wanted to escape will be the one thing she wishes she had back. In the night, dangerous foes come to play, and schemes are hatched. As a mysterious issue at the border draws attention, the AOA will find that chaos of the most devilish kind is never far from sight. Stumbling into the path of villainy, a murderous plot is uncovered. Can a fresh recruit unmask a killer before it’s too late or will Becca’s first day be her last? Racing to avoid becoming the town's newest crime scene, she’ll discover that new job jitters can be brutal and that learning the ropes may end up costing more than a day’s pay.

After a time-altering mystery nearly ended her career permanently, Becca happily returns to a normal routine until her morning spirals into another crime that needs solving. When a corpse shows up within the shifter community, she’ll be forced to work alongside Sister Sleet who takes cold-shoulder to the extreme. Can she dodge the icy reception to track a killer, or will a teammate’s frosty ways chill her to the bone? They always say watch your back and keep your eyes open, but when the investigation stumbles across a new villain sowing discord and chaos, what she doesn’t see may ultimately be the one thing that kills them all. As the mystery unravels and confusion surfaces, she’s going to need more than luck to withstand Ardenwood’s newest criminal. Questions arise and answers bring turmoil. As clues lead closer to the truth, she’ll uncover more pieces to a growing puzzle, one the past is quick to prevent her from finishing. Revelations hide in the shadows, and players come to light as Becca finds that a gentle smile could be her downfall and that those closest to her heart may also hold the deepest secrets.

After barely surviving her first day with the AOA, Becca’s abilities are called into question. Sidelined from duty while recovering, she’ll soon learn that salvation from superhero life comes with additional responsibilities. When it comes to the requirements of school and work, there are no days off. A sinister stranger arrives as Ardenwood struggles with a possible serial killer, one targeting strovians. Those who hide in the shadows continue to manipulate the playing field and, as the body count rises, Becca will be forced to work alongside Blister, a homicide investigator sure to get under her skin. Solving crime is hard enough but when each step could ultimately seal her fate, she’ll find that tough decisions can sometimes lead to horrific outcomes. Can she prove her worth and help uncover the killer’s identity before it’s too late or will she too find herself in the crosshairs of the Reclaimer, Ardenwood’s newest deliverer of destruction? Out of the frying pan and into the fire, the night shift has never been deadlier.

Some say that the truth shall set you free. For Becca, it only comes with bigger problems. As revelations come to light, her world tumbles into darkness amid sinister confessions that hit too close to home. The past has finally caught up with the newest member of the AOA and this time, it plans on ending her future once and for all. After the battle with Whisper leaves her on shaky ground, fractured clues within shared memories expose a killer’s plan for dominance forcing the town into a crippling lockdown. As foes slink from the shadows, every strovian becomes a potential victim while secrets and lies bring fresh wounds and old grudges. Stuck between safety and duty, she tries to help but stumbles into danger until salvation makes an explosive entrance shattering her world. The stakes are raised as the two-part season finale begins. Threatening to reshape the very foundation of Ardenwood forever, who will live or die when the dust settles? With everyone either a suspect or target, can a rookie navigate a treacherous new environment or will uncovering the truth get her a pink slip into eternity? Keep your superpowered friends close, your enemies even closer.

Welcome to Ardenwood, a new life awaits. Come as you are, no fear, no escape. People are changing. Friends, family, and enemies alike slink from shadows with abilities beyond normal human comprehension. Superpowered beings, a step up the evolutionary scale appear bringing fear and panic. World leaders scramble for answers while evil plots dominance. Off the shore of a sleepy coastal town, Elnia Island becomes ground zero in the quest for truth as the powers that be seek out profits, weapons, and manipulation. Under the cover of night, their actions will affect the entire planet’s way of thinking. Uprisings against the new and different seep into the mainstream while states away, a young girl becomes a target after displaying powers that threaten her very existence. Stay or go, fight or flee. For many, the game of life and death takes a dangerous turn, and the stakes are raised. Humans, only better. For some, a blessing, a curse. For others, a sinister boon. For those willing to play hero, the Agents of Ardenwood is created to protect but everything changes as they find their greatest threat living in a regular world as superhuman turns out to be themselves.

Monsters of the Upside Down, beware! Travis Langley (author of the acclaimed Batman and Psychology) returns with a group of expert contributors to explore these and other questions to shine a light on true human nature through the Netflix series and cultural phenomenon, Stranger Things. When do feelings of grief, guilt, depression, fear, and isolation tear us down, and how do we transform them into hope, inspiration, forgiveness, acceptance, and motivation to do what's right? Growing up is hard enough without metaphors for the dangers that lurk in life's shadows springing to life in the form of monsters, villains, conspiracies, and enemy soldiers. How do we navigate friendships to unite against bullying and its many forms? What happens to missing persons' families or those once lost upon their return? Can games and fantasy help us connect with others and make sense of real life? Stranger Things Psychology: Life Upside Down descends into the dark side of adolescence to find the light on the other side of the ultimate coming-of-age story. Contributors: Travis Adams * Jenna Busch * Shelly Clevenger * Erin Currie * Victor Dandridge Jr. * Andrea Frantz * Larisa A. Garski * Wind Goodfriend * Vanessa Hintz * J. Scott Jordan * Greta Kaluzeviciute * Alex Langley * Kevin Lu * Harpreet Malla * Justine Mastin * Brittani Oliver Sillas-Navarro * Leandra Parris * Billy San Juan * Janina Scarlet * William Sharp * Benjamin A. Stover * Eric D. Wesselmann The proceeds go to help rescue and assist missing and exploited children.

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