"The characters are delightful and the nighttime landscape is captivating. It was just as I expected--because the best stories always take place in the dark " -- R.L. Stine In the first book of the critically acclaimed middle grade series The Nocturnals , we meet three unlikely friends--Dawn, a serious fox, Tobin, a sweet pangolin, and Bismark, the loud mouthed, pint sized sugar glider. Discover the friendships, teamwork, and humor, as the Nocturnal Brigade solves the unpredictable mysteries of the night. In The Mysterious Abductions , animals are disappearing without a trace. With the help of a gentle wombat, a jittery jerboa, a band of coyotes and some kooky bats, the brigade journeys to the depths of the earth where they find themselves in a wacky, high stakes game that will determine all of their survival