Publisher's Synopsis
What if those who you thought you knew best were the ones who betrayed you worst?Pete Drake knows his mother as well as he knows anyone, and he trusts his school roommate implicitly. But when Pete goes looking for answers to some of his nagging questions, he finds the people he cares about most may not be as they seem. Even more unsettling, the rebel threat at the Academy of Omniosophical Arts & Sciences resurfaces, and in far more insidious form.Masked by Lies is the sixth installment in Peyton Drake's seven-part Mind the Portal story by academy plenipotentiary J.S.D. Johnston. The nearly 19,000-word fantasy novella brings Pete face to face with the darker elements of academy life, as well as his own fears.To find out how Pete got caught up in the throes of betrayal, read part five of his story, Navigating Aquis, available now.And to dive headlong into the action-packed conclusion of his first adventure, continue on to Omni Catawampus, releasing 1 October 2020. What about you? If you could find out the truth about someone you cherish, but it could ruin your relationship, would you still want to know? Once you listen, there's no forgetting what you heard.
