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