First published 2022
Rob built the life she always wanted after escaping Sundial, her family's isolated ranch in the Mojave Desert. She has a husband, two daughters, and suburban normalcy far from the wild landscape where she grew up among dogs, coyotes, and her family's research assistants. Then a frightening accident happens in her home. Rob discovers a disturbing secret hidden in her oldest daughter's bedroom. The discovery forces her to confront what she left behind at Sundial. Whatever lies buried at the ranch was never going to stay hidden forever. Rob faces an impossible choice. She must risk returning to the place she fled to protect her family's future. The trip back to Sundial means confronting the secrets that shaped her childhood and threaten to destroy everything she has built.
Genres: mystery, contemporary, psychological-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: past-haunts-present, return-to-hometown, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Mojave Desert, Sundial
Period: contemporary
272 pages · Kindle Edition · Tor Nightfire
Content warnings: abuse, mental-illness