The moment Lucia steps onto the wild island in Wellington harbour, she can feel its hidden pain. Prison camp. Quarantine station. Burial ground. But she’s here to help her friends, not be trapped in echoes. Yet as they hunt for a lost grave that holds the key to a mystery, the island’s memories emerge from blood and darkness.
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WELCOME, DREAMER…
On the wild coast of New Zealand, hearts twist and minds break like storms of the great dark ocean. The bones of the hills stick in your throat. The blood of old families drowns your secrets.
You’ve come to this town because you can’t exist anywhere else. As technology and lies drive the world mad, this is where freedom begins.
Project Tempest is a mystery horror series set in the strangeness of small-town New Zealand, a place where love truly meets Lovecraft. You can read the stories in any order.
C. J. Halbard lives in Wellington, New Zealand, in a wooden house surrounded by hills and sky.