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4	[[caption-width-right:300:Hollowstone]]
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6	Life for Noah Scott changes drastically when he is accepted to Hollowstone Academy, one of the most prestigious [[BoardingSchool boarding schools]] in the country set in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee. Within the hallowed halls of the illustrious school, Noah soon discovers that the world of the privileged is rife with social hierarchies, politics, depravity and corruption. It is also there that Noah meets his roommate and best friend, the charming and enigmatic Caleb Warner.
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8	Tragedy soon strikes when Cal is brutally murdered in a hold-up. But when Noah is haunted by Cal's ghost, he soon discovers that the random act of violence was in fact a premeditated one.
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10	Determined to uncover the truth and find Cal's killer, Noah soon finds that the school and its patrons have more than their share of secrets. Secrets they are willing to preserve at any cost. Through a series of prophetic dreams and visions, Noah also quickly learns that greater supernatural forces are at play. In a race against time, Noah must solve Cal's murder and uncover the truth before he's the killer's next victim.
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12	''Hollowstone'' is author [[http://www.amazon.com/Dennis-R.-Upkins-Jr./e/B0054TVMN6/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 Dennis R. Upkins Jr.]]'s first novel.
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14	!!This book provides examples of:
15	%%* ActionGirl: Neely. Even the local bookie's thugs are in awe of her skills.
16	* ArcWords: "It's all connected."
17	* AxeCrazy: [[spoiler: Ryan]], after [[spoiler: Eli]] is murdered. But [[spoiler: he]] uses a gun, not an axe.
18	%%* BoardingSchool
19	* BreakTheCutie: The constant bullying that Ryan Foster endures. [[spoiler: And he breaks quite spectacularly]].
20	* BunnyEarsLawyer / InsufferableGenius: Mr. Nolan, the ''eccentric'' and misogynistic music teacher who sexually harasses his female students.
21	* DeepSouth: Averted. While they're looked down upon by the boarding school kids, the "townies" aren't uneducated, drunken, redneck hicks.
22	* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: Phyllis and Wallace]] do this toward the end of the book, when they have [[spoiler: Noah]] captive and are planning to kill him.
23	%%* IceQueen: Cassidy. She eventually [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]].
24	* ImpossiblyCoolWealth: Caleb, by way of [[spoiler: his father, Senator Goddard]].
25	* ISeeDeadPeople: Noah. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] with:
26	--> ''"This is impossible. I'm not some little white kid in [[Film/TheSixthSense a Bruce Willis flick]]. [[LampshadeHanging I don't see dead people]]."''
27	** Also, [[spoiler: Neely]].
28	%%* MysteriousPast: Caleb. Eventually revealed to be a [[spoiler: DarkAndTroubledPast]].
29	* OurAngelsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Raphael and friends]].
30	%%* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: Well, for [[spoiler: Noah]], anyway.
31	%%* RichBitch: Phyllis Goddard, full stop. Otherwise, mostly averted.
32	* RougeAnglesOfSatin: The book is riddled with this.
33	%%* TroubledButCute: Caleb.
34	* WantonCrueltyToTheCommonComma: The book is filled with comma splices and random capitalization errors.
35	%%* WellDoneSonGuy: [[spoiler: Poor Chris]].

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