Petrified Knights

Eclipse Knight just turned sixteen. He got a truck. A rifle. Birthday swirlies from his oldest brother that left him with his head in a toilet for twenty straight minutes. And a custom deck of cards from Orion - his fourteen-year-old brother who's convinced high school is going to eat him alive. Petrified, Arizona is a desert mining town built on Route 66 nostalgia and tourist traps, where the heat doesn't let up and neither do the rumors. Eclipse has three brothers, astronomer parents who work nights at the observatory, and a dream of becoming a gunsmith. He's a competitive shooter, a tea enthusiast, and the kind of brother who'll protect Orion from whatever's coming - even if he's not sure he can. School starts Monday. Orion's a freshman. Eclipse is a sophomore. In a town where everyone already thinks they know you, survival means figuring out who actually has your back. Family isn't perfect. But it's yours.