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Ruby is thrilled to be in Paris after months of getting ready for a school trip. She's hoping to find some undiscovered places to film for her YouTube channel, Ruby's Hidden Gems, but it's hard to sneak away from the school group and Mr. LeBreque. She and Sean (on whom she has a crush) and Val (whose parents have their own media empire and travel a lot) ask to go off when the rest of the group is looking at the Eiffel Tower, but don't find anything interesting. After a day of sight seeing, Ruby is angry to realize that both her new camera and wallet have been stolen. She's trying to figure out what to do when Val tells her that she is going off to meet a cute guy she met, who is going to take her to a party in the Catacombs. Ruby thinks this is a bad idea, but follows her, and enticed by the idea of getting footage for her channel, goes along. There's also Selena, Ruby's former best friend and now nemesis, as well as Olivia, the class valedictorian, who have decided to come along. Ruby is leery of Julien, the French guy who invited Val, and Julien isn't thrilled to have so many people along. Things go badly from the start, with all of the things that can go wrong in an unlit, underground, largely abandoned venue. Not only is it creepy, dank, and smelly, but there are thrones made of bones and people in creepy masks who occasionally come after the girls. There are injuries, but also a lot of unpacking of old emotional baggage in between. We also see Sean and the teachers contacting the French police and trying to locate the group, so have some idea of what is going on outside of the catacombs. After a tragedy occurs, there seems to be little hope that the group will escape, and the group makes videos of themselves for their families should they perish. There are a few more surprises, and the clock is ticking. Will Ruby and her friends make it back to the City of Light, or remain underground as a sacrifice to the malingering dead?