The Veritas Project is a Christian

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...

 science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 series of books written by Frank E. Peretti

Frank E. Peretti

Frank Edward Peretti is a New York Times best-selling author of Christian fiction, whose novels primarily focus on the supernatural. To date, his works have sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Peretti is best known for his novels This Present Darkness and The Oath...

 and targeted towards teenagers, veritas meaning truth.

The first book, Hangman's Curse, focuses on popular kids at a school who become suddenly sick and act very strangely. On all of the affected students' lockers, a hangman symbol is placed by a mysterious unknown person.

Overview

The Veritas Project is a government-funded team that investigates supernatural

Supernatural

The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...

 occurrences and crimes around the country. The team consists of a Judeo-Christian

Judeo-Christian

Judeo-Christian is a term used in the United States since the 1940s to refer to standards of ethics said to be held in common by Judaism and Christianity, for example the Ten Commandments...

 family; Nate and Sarah Springfield, and their sixteen-year-old twins Elijah and Elisha.

Books

Currently, the only two entries in the series are Hangman's Curse

Hangman's Curse

Hangman's Curse is a 2001 novel by Frank E. Peretti. It is the first book in the Veritas Project series for teenagers.-Plot overview:The story centers around an apparently supernatural case taken by a family of investigators who make up the Veritas Project...

(2001) and Nightmare Academy

Nightmare Academy

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,...

(2002).