First published 2021
Ricky, Gabe, Lewis, and Cassidy share a secret from ten years ago. During an elk hunt, something happened that they've never spoken about since. Now the consequences have found them. A spirit seeks revenge, taking the forms of people they love most. It invades their homes and destroys their families. The entity picks them off individually, using their deepest bonds against them. These four men live caught between their Native heritage and a society that rejects them. They are fathers, husbands, and sons trying to survive on the margins. The spirit forces them to confront what they did during that hunt. Nature itself has turned against them. They must battle supernatural forces while struggling with their place in the world. Their children become targets. Their most sacred beliefs come under attack. The landscape that shaped them now threatens to consume them.
Genres: literary-fiction, horror, supernatural, native-american
Vibes: dark, emotional, suspenseful
Tropes: supernatural-forces, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Native American Reservation
Period: Contemporary
310 pages · Paperback · S&S/Saga Press
Content warnings: violence