First published 2023
FBI Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds receives a cryptic call about an 'X-Ray Sierra India' incident from retired Agent Patrick Henderson. The code means nothing to most people, but Reynolds recognizes the urgency. She travels from Quantico to a remote Wisconsin town buried in snow, where a tornado has destroyed half the buildings and Henderson has disappeared without a trace. The storm cuts off all routes in and out, trapping Reynolds with increasingly disturbed locals who report strange encounters. Key pieces of evidence vanish mysteriously as the investigation deepens. Reynolds discovers connections to an old case involving a doomed expedition that ventured into the frozen wilderness decades earlier. The expedition carried a curse that never died, and now something ancient stirs beneath the endless snow. Reynolds must solve both Henderson's disappearance and the town's supernatural crisis before the awakening force claims more victims. Her investigation leads from America's darkest historical moments to present horrors that refuse to stay buried.
Genres: adventure, mystery, crime, fantasy, horror, supernatural
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigation, missing-person, supernatural-elements
Setting: Quantico, Wisconsin
Period: Present Day
213 pages · Paperback · Orion
Content warnings: death, violence