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The Afterline Bureau: The Buried Name
Paperback
Series: The Afterline Bureau, Book 12
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 30 2025
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.61 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When the storm hits the mountains, the Afterline Bureau is already too late-
a child is taken, a ritual awakens, and an hour begins that was never meant to end.
Eight-year-old Kyra James disappears during a blizzard, marked as Hour Five in a twisted sequence of abductions tied to an abandoned hospital and a long-dead cult. What should have been a single rescue spirals into something far darker as Carter, Greene, and the entire Bureau uncover evidence of multiple burial sites, chained detonations, and a fanatic willing to burn the world to complete his ritual.
But the real horror comes when they learn the truth:
Hour Six isn't about Kyra.
It's about Carter's son.
With a storm choking the mountain and the clock running out, the Bureau fights through collapsing tunnels, corrupted symbols, and a flooded maternity ward where Carter once gave birth. What waits inside isn't a killer-it's a legacy of pain, obsession, and a ritual that began with the first cry of her child.
To end the sequence, Carter and Greene must face the place where everything started...
and destroy the hour meant to claim the one person Carter can't live without.
When the ritual breaks, the Bureau must make a decision that changes everything:
the children can't travel with them anymore.
Omar-now retired-steps in, offering his home as shelter. LucÃa Serrano joins him, forming the Bureau's first true refuge for the kids they save.
But just as dawn rises... a new call comes in.
A new voice.
Another missing child.
The storm may be over-but The Afterline Bureau's work never ends.
Fans of Criminal Minds, True Detective, and The Killing will be hooked by this brutal, emotional, fast-paced thriller where heart meets horror and the fight for one child becomes a battle for them all.
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