Mabel Stewart and the Death's Hand Mabel Stewart, #1

13-year-old Mabel Stewart always dreamed of adventure; she just didn't expect it to involve ghosts, rival secret societies, and a book powerful enough to change the world.

In the series opener, when her parents are called away on mysterious business, Mabel and her brother Izzy are sent to their grandfather's eerie Wisconsin mansion. There, she discovers a hidden book that pulls her into a century-long conflict between The Protectors, her family's secret supernatural society, and The Darkness, a ruthless order determined to claim the book for themselves.

But the book is no ordinary relic; it's an ancient instruction manual for assembling a talisman capable of controlling both the living and the dead. The moment Mabel opens it, her unknown cousin George in the U.K. feels the surge of power through their shared Stewart bloodline. And now George and his friends are also drawn into the dangerous battle between good and evil as they discover deadly secrets in the northern parts of the UK.

With The Darkness closing in, Mabel must navigate haunted attics, cryptic clues, and a secret doorway into the afterlife, where entire cities lie hidden beneath cemeteries. To survive the sinister agents, she'll have to trust her courage, her family's legacy, and the strange new abilities awakening inside her to save the world.

Perfect for fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and supernatural coming-of-age adventures.

Open the book. Unlock the talisman. Control the worlds of the living and the dead.