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Featuring a deluxe package, including stunning color printed edges!New York Times-bestselling author Xan Kaur's eerie mystery follows two teens stationed in isolated fire lookout towers who investigate disappearances and uncover a conspiracy that connects them in ways far more dangerous-and intimate-than they ever expected.Secrets lie buried in the pines."You deserve to know the truth," are the final, cryptic words Archie Bajwa's beloved neighbor Jean says before she dies-and after two mysterious men in black appear at Jean's door. Grieving and desperate to uncover secrets about Jean's past, Archie takes a fire lookout job in a remote Florida forest, the same place where her own father went missing years ago. While looking for the truth, she finds something far more dangerous. Miles away, Cameron Clarke is burying his father, a man forever changed by the horrors of war. But when government agents arrive demanding his father's body for "research," Cameron knows something is terribly wrong. Fleeing his grief and searching for answers, he too disappears into the wilderness of Eden National Forest. As strange reports surface-a missing hiker, eerie lights moving through the blackwater swamp, radios warped by unexplained interference-Archie and Cameron discover each other through distant radio signals, bound by a connection too powerful to be chance. As they begin to uncover a long-buried government experiment hidden beneath the pines, they'll face a choice that could cost one of them everything.Perfect for readers who love:* Dual POV, star-crossed romance * Twin Peaks * Firewatch* Shocking twists* You've Reached Sam, but make it paranormal mystery* A love story over walkie talkies

This deluxe edition is printed with stenciled edges and a stunning case! A Goodreads Most Anticipated Horror Novel"A true blood-soaked Southern Gothic for the modern age.” —Andrew Joseph White, New York Times–bestselling author of Hell Followed With Us and The Spirit Bears its TeethFour unlikely allies in a small town investigate a local teen's disappearance, and what they discover festering at the core of their community is far more sinister and ancient than they could’ve ever imagined. For fans of She is a Haunting, True Detective, Mexican Gothic, and Midsommar.When Dawson Sumter goes missing, all he leaves behind is a smattering of blood in room 4 of the debt-ridden motel owned by Neera Singh's family. Disappearances like this aren't uncommon in the rural Georgia town of Carrion, especially every thirteen years when a periodical cicada brood returns from underground, shrieking their deafening screams.For Neera, Dawson is another reminder that in this corner of the South, the rich only get richer, and the poor—well, nothing good comes their way.Neera sets out to investigate Dawson’s whereabouts—if he even still lives—along with three other teens: Isaiah, son of a prominent judge and clandestine true crime podcaster; Reid, son of the wealthiest man in the region; and Sam, estranged daughter of the local hitman. As they find themselves entangled in a messy web of secrets and lies, they discover the riches of the adjacent Lake Clearwater community may have a terrifying source of power dating back to the town’s founding and an ancient urban legend about three devils, each more sinister than the next. How deep does the rot go, and can they find a way to escape its reach?