A Fortune Lies Within: Vermont is the first installment in the interactive adventure series where fiction and reality collide. When Redbeard and Phoenix—two burned-out treasure hunters running a failing business in North Dakota—receive a cryptic book from a mysterious figure named R.L. Gray, they’re drawn into a strange new quest that leads them deep into the forests, villages, and mountains of Vermont. What begins as a longshot revival of their dreams quickly spirals into a tangled trail of hidden messages, bizarre encounters, and supernatural rumors. But this isn’t just a story—it’s a real treasure hunt. Hidden somewhere in Vermont is an actual buried treasure worth $2,500 , and the clues to its location are hidden within these pages. Readers are invited to follow the same trail as Redbeard and Phoenix, decode the puzzles, and search for the prize themselves. It’s part novel, part game, and part real-world adventure.