A Sacrament of Rust and Soil

A village that doesn't exist. A bargain that can't be broken.

Emma Carter inherits a house in a community not found on any map. She soon discovers its terrible secret: an ancient, hungry organism beneath the soil, binding every soul. She has three days until a ceremony meant to graft her consciousness to its will.

Her only weapon is the one thing it craves—her fierce, individual will to be free. But to escape, she must not run. She must poison the very truth that sustains it.