Best friends Jane and Holly have jumped into the river off Swallowโs Nest Bluff hundreds of times. But one day, Hollyโs jump goes wrong. Her body never comes up, yet something else doesโa sad creature of mud, full of confusion and sorrow. Itโs Holly, somehow, trapped and mixed up with the river. And if Jane canโt do something to help, Holly will take everybody down with herโeven the people she loves the most. Blending Looking for Alaskaโs theme of lost friendship with Stephen Kingโs sense of small town horror, The Drowned Forest is a Southern gothic tale of grief, redemption, and the mournful yearning of an anguished soul.