About this ebook
In Scarburn County, Tennessee there is a small mountain community called Black Rock, known for its unusual and prevalent blight that affects all vegetation . . .
When an unexpected death forces Christopher “Kit” McNeil to return to his small hometown in the Tennessee mountains after eighteen years, he must confront his past and a secret he’s kept since he was twelve.
A talented guitarist with a history of bad choices and even worse luck, Kit soon reunites with an old friend and learns about recent disappearances and mysterious deaths in the area. They begin to wonder if it’s connected to what they witnessed in the woods when they were kids and if a creepy local family is involved. Stranger still, almost half of their high school graduating class has died.
When more shredded bodies begin appearing, Kit becomes a suspect. But what he discovers is even more frightening—evil has set its sights on him and his friends and it won’t stop until it gets what it needs.
Can Kit and his friends band together in time to stop this ancient evil? Or will a new reign of terror that the Cherokee once called Uyaga be unleashed to roam the earth once more?
About the author
J. Todd Kingrea is the author of the Deiparian Saga trilogy: The Witchfinder (nominated for a 2021 Pushcart Prize), The Crimson Fathers, and Bane of the Witch (slated for a 2024 release). He’s also written two nonfiction books and writes movie reviews for Screem magazine.
When not writing he enjoys collecting and watching movies, reading, lurking in dusty old bookstores, and wishing for some distant relative that he doesn’t know to bequeath him a decrepit trunk full of Eldritch Tomes and a beach house. Until such a time, he and his wife live outside Chattanooga, Tennessee with their two dogs.
