The party is over. The nightmare has only just begun.


Kelsey Stone was supposed to be the responsible one, but one wrong turn has led her and her mismatched group of friends deep into a dead zone in the Ozark hills.

When their van wheezes its final breath on a narrowing gravel road, they find themselves stranded in a forest that feels less like Missouri and more like a haunted set from a B-grade horror film.

Through the thick mist and the driving rain, they find a beacon of hope: an empty but stately house that offers shelter in the least and maybe a line to the outside world.

The group, however, soon discovers they aren't just guests inside this dwelling; they are cogs in a much larger, sinister machine and they must face a gauntlet of unthinkable terrors. In a world where the trees are closing in, and the very floor can become a death trap, Kelsey and her friends must fight to survive unspeakable horrors.

A chilling new horror novel from Judith Sonnet, the bestselling author of No One Rides For Free and The Home.



Contains mature themes.