
"Ronald Malfi masterfully blends psychological terror and traditional gothic horror into dark delight." - Dark Realms with plentiful hair-raising enigmas and copious gore." - Publishers Weekly


an elegant, twisted, gripping slow-burn of a novel." - RT Book Reviews, 4.5 Stars Top Pick "An unsettling world filled with the kind of detail and insight that evoke early Stephen King. The more he searches for answers, the more he finds himself becoming part of the mystery. What Paul finds are superstitious locals who talk of the devil stealing souls, and a line of wooden crosses to keep what's in the woods from coming out. As the bodies are exhumed, Paul travels to Alaska to get closure and put his grief to rest. It's the same bit of wilderness where his twin brother went missing a year ago.

Paul Gallo saw the report on the news: a mass murderer leading police to his victims' graves in remote Dread's Hand, Alaska.
