Darkscan

Nobody surprises-or unsettles-readers quite like DeAnna Knippling, veteran author of over 80 books.

New Year's Eve. Cheers, champagne, a countdown. The ball drops at midnight-and the Templeton Building in downtown Minneapolis goes dark and silent.

The building disappears from all outside contact: no Internet, no phone calls, no wifi, no radio. No way in through the newly sealed windows and doors. All while a blizzard pounds the city at ten below.

Two hundred wealthy partygoers walked into the ...