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.
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.