by Silas Thorne
Every year, the town of Glass Harbor sends a child into the whispering pines to be 'perfected' by an ancient entity. They return whole and healthy, but with vacant eyes. This year, Ethan is the Selected. But unlike the others, he doesn't believe the lies. Armed with forbidden secrets and fueled by his sister's mysterious death, he walks into the darkness not as a sacrifice, but as a hunter. He will uncover the town's rotten core, even if it means being consumed by the truth that waits in the deep.