Break the darkness

Lisa Jewell

Meet Jessica Jones: a retired private investigator and superhero from Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan, who moves from job to job as a tough-talking, hard-living recluse.

Then a wealthy woman from the Upper East Side visits. Amber Randall is worried about her sixteen-year-old twin sons, Lark and Fox, whose behavior and appearance have changed dramatically since returning from spending the summer with their British father in the UK. She tells Jessica that her children's skin is unnaturally perfect for teenagers and that they've lost all the habits and movements that shaped their personalities. She tells Jessica that they aren't Lark and Fox; something bad has happened to them.

To learn more, Jessica travels to Essex to speak with their father, where she meets Belle, who is living in strange isolation in a dilapidated farmhouse with her guardian, Debra. Jessica learns that Lark and Fox spent the summer with Belle, but could this strange teenager really be responsible for Lark and Fox's new personalities?

Jessica soon discovers that behind Bill and Debra are evil geniuses playing a dangerous game with technology to make the world a “better place,” unconcerned about who gets hurt, maimed, or even killed in the process. Can Jessica stop them from wreaking havoc on an entire generation of young people? Nothing is certain in Lisa Jewell’s most compelling and inventive novel yet. Breaking the Dark, the first book in an all-new Marvel Crime series, introduces fans to a tougher, street-level side of the Marvel Universe and will continue with original novels featuring fan-favorite characters like Luke Cage, written by S.A. Cosby, and Daredevil, written by Alex Segura.