A Step Past DarknessSIX CLASSMATES. ONE TERRIFYING NIGHT. A MURDER TWENTY YEARS IN THE MAKING Theres something sinister under the surface of the idyllic, suburban town of Wesley Falls, and its not just the abandoned coal mine that lies beneath it. The summer of 1995 kicks off with a party in the mine where six high school students witness a horrifying crime that changes the course of their lives. The six couldnt be more different. Maddy, a devout member of the local

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