She doesn't need a weapon. She is the weapon.Ellie Schwartz has a unique power: She can injure and kill with her mind.She's one of a new generation of gifted kids born with telekinetic powers. Ellie's life is thrown into turmoil on a quiet evening when a home invader strikes and leaves her orphaned.Years after the home invasion, she's targeted by a new government program called Project Artemis. Artemis' goal is to bring gifted kids to a secret facility and train them as a new type of assassin.Ellie must survive the school and its brutal, military-style trials on her way to becoming a trained killer. As the project's director finds out, Ellie becomes a problem.She won't be broken.And if they push her too far…They'll create something they can't control.A fast-paced, gripping thriller packed with action, suspense, and dark twists, When Darkness Calls is the explosive first book in the Project Artemis series.