Bungisngis:The Ancient Presence

Three years after his parents and younger sister vanish without a trace beside a remote Philippine river, Jayson Fadriquela remains trapped between grief and obsession, because no bodies were ever found and no explanation was ever given.When a series of new disappearances ripples through Barangay Salug, strange clues begin leading him toward forgotten chapels, hidden journals, and secrets his father carried into the darkness. As ancient horrors awaken beneath the mountains and a monstrous being known as Bungisngis emerges from legend into flesh, Jayson discovers that his family's disappearance was never an isolated tragedy.Something vast is stirring beyond the world of the living.Something that even monsters fear.