Part of Cork O'Connor
First published 2019
Stephen O'Connor sees it before it happens. A great bird plummeting from the sky. When a private plane crashes on Desolation Mountain, killing a United States senator and her family, Stephen knows his vision has come true. He joins his father Cork O'Connor and local Ojibwe men to examine the wreckage on the Iron Lake Reservation. The FBI takes control quickly, but Cork starts his own investigation. He partners with Bo Thorson, a private security consultant working for unnamed clients. Cork soon questions whether Thorson can be trusted. Government officials block their progress with lies. Threats multiply as they dig deeper. The three men discover they face more than a cover-up. Something evil lurks in the woods, a murderous force with plans beyond anything they imagined. To reach the truth about the crash and the missing first responders, Cork and Stephen must confront this beast directly.
Genres: american-fiction, suspense, mystery, horror, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful
Tropes: cover-up, found-family, investigation, paranormal-mystery
Setting: Desolation Mountain, Iron Lake Reservation
336 pages · Paperback · Atria Books
Content warnings: death, murder, violence