Book 1: The Whispering Veil. Echoes Of The Forgotten Ones, #1

In a town where people don't just disappear-they are forgotten-three teens discover that the most terrifying monster isn't what you see, but what you no longer remember. Sixteen-year-old Lena hears things no one else can: the hollow echoes of lost memories, the breath held before a scream. When another resident of Blackwater Bend vanishes without a trace, she investigates, armed only with her camera and a digital recorder.
What she captures isn't a ghost, but a tear in reality itself-and a glimpse of a man being unmade, his very existence erased. The encounter leaves her marked with impossible, frost-like patterns on her skin, and a chilling certainty: the silence is alive, and it's feeding. Kai sees what's been left behind-the ghostly echoes of lost objects. He's watched the town's recent victims flicker out, their most cherished possessions fading with them.
When he sees the shimmer of violent history clinging to Lena, he knows she's touched the same hidden darkness. Together, they uncover a cache of journals from generations of "Echo-seers" like them-a doomed chorus warning of a 27-year Cycle, a failing Veil between worlds, and ancient entities known as the Forgotten Ones who consume memory itself. Their search for answers awakens a beautiful and terrifying Hunger-a creature woven from stolen sunsets and lost lullabies that doesn't just kill, but edits you from the world.
To fight it, they must enlist Maya, a girl who can taste emotions, completing their haunted trio. But their plan to reason with the darkness backfires spectacularly, costing one of them everything they are. Now, with the final hour of the Cycle at hand, reality is fraying at the edges. Streets are being unmade, and a devouring Scream of absolute nothingness is closing in. Lena, Kai, and Maya must make an impossible choice: how do you fight a force that eats stories? Their only hope lies in a sacrifice that will change one of them forever-and redefine the thin line between remembering and being forgotten.
Perfect for fans of the chilling small-town horror of Stranger Things, the emotional depth of The Raven Boys, and the cosmic dread of Annihilation. Echoes of the Forgotten Ones is a haunting exploration of memory, loss, and the terrifying power of the things we leave behind.