After surviving a failed ritual as a child, a woman raised to kill monsters learns the truth: she was never rescued — she was repurposed. Now, the force that marked her is returning… and it doesn’t want her dead. It wants her hollow.

SYNOPSIS:

1985, USA.

From Salem to Jerome — a string of infant disappearances. Parents found dead. Children drained of blood. Each marked with a deep, engraved symbol. Two hunters follow the trail. But every clue leads to silence.

The final stop: Boston. Inside the house — no struggle. Just stillness. Dead bodies with no signs of violence. And a crib, holding only a blood-stained pink blanket. Initials stitched in: K. E. Pierce. She vanished. Case closed.

But the truth never stayed buried.

Disappearances like these are never random.

Death is not always a period.

Sometimes — a pause.

Sometimes — a trap.

And sometimes — inevitable.

HARTMOOR