Nightmare Academy
Encyclopedia
Nightmare Academy is a Christian
fictional novel
and is the second novel in the Veritas Project
series authored by Frank Peretti. It takes place in an academy
run by faculty who supposedly work for the U.S. government
. However, it is really an organization entirely outside of the government, unauthorized to be doing any of the things it is. The organization has decided to answer some questions that are pressing on their minds. This organization is one which erases all sense of truth from teenagers.
Elijah and Elisha are sent to the Knight-Moore Academy to uncover who was behind the death of the amnesiac boy. They learn that the teachers trick the students there into believing there is no truth, therefore there is no right and wrong. Campus raids and uncivilized fighting amongst the students occur frequently. As the investigation continues, Sarah and Nate Springfield lose contact with their children and have to work on what little information they have to rescue them.
Later Elijah is taken up to a mysterious mountain near the Academy after getting in a fight that was involuntarily started. He finds himself battling something that seems unreal... and yet, in every sense of the word is reality. After Elisha discovers that her brother is missing, she tries to find a way to rescue him from being murdered or mind-wiped like the last boy. Sarah and Nate struggle to find the place where their son and daughter are.
The book's main theme is the existence of truth and whether the truths we perceive are real or if we are made to believe what we do to fulfill the goals of some outside organization.
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
fictional novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
and is the second novel in the Veritas Project
Veritas Project
The Veritas Project is a Christian science fiction series of books written by Frank E. Peretti and targeted towards teenagers, veritas meaning truth....
series authored by Frank Peretti. It takes place in an academy
Academy
An academy is an institution of higher learning, research, or honorary membership.The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. In the western world academia is the...
run by faculty who supposedly work for the U.S. government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
. However, it is really an organization entirely outside of the government, unauthorized to be doing any of the things it is. The organization has decided to answer some questions that are pressing on their minds. This organization is one which erases all sense of truth from teenagers.
Plot summary
Enter Elijah and Elisha Springfield, sixteen year old twins (along with their parents, Nate and Sarah Springfield) of the Veritas Project (which means 'truth' in Latin) are sent to investigate a place called 'Knight-Moore Academy' when a boy who has been missing for quite some time reappears, but his mind has been wiped. He can only say two things: 'I don't know' and 'Nightmare Academy.' The Springfields are Christians working for the U.S. government and are told to investigate when the President of the United States becomes slightly uneasy about the mysterious murder of the boy. The boy was fifteen when he apparently died of a massive heart attack, though it was obvious to the government officials that he was murdered. They infer that this was done so that he can never recover and regain his mind, therefore being able to answer what the "Nightmare Academy" is.Elijah and Elisha are sent to the Knight-Moore Academy to uncover who was behind the death of the amnesiac boy. They learn that the teachers trick the students there into believing there is no truth, therefore there is no right and wrong. Campus raids and uncivilized fighting amongst the students occur frequently. As the investigation continues, Sarah and Nate Springfield lose contact with their children and have to work on what little information they have to rescue them.
Later Elijah is taken up to a mysterious mountain near the Academy after getting in a fight that was involuntarily started. He finds himself battling something that seems unreal... and yet, in every sense of the word is reality. After Elisha discovers that her brother is missing, she tries to find a way to rescue him from being murdered or mind-wiped like the last boy. Sarah and Nate struggle to find the place where their son and daughter are.
The book's main theme is the existence of truth and whether the truths we perceive are real or if we are made to believe what we do to fulfill the goals of some outside organization.