Boston College alumnus Chuck Abdella has published the second book in his fantasy/adventure series, the Outcasts. The Darkest Forests picks up where the first installment, The Lies of Autumn, left off, following the quest of Marcus, Quintus, Octavia, Gwen, Synthyya, and Alexia to save the fractured world. New friends join the gang of heroes and the past continues to complicate the present. Abdella was interviewed by his hometown paper shortly after the publication of his first book in the Outcasts Series.