SEVENTY YEARS OF FEAR. ONE HORRIFIC TRUTH.
For seven decades, the village of Blackwell has lived in the suffocating terror of the creatures that hunt the night. They have many names - Shadowlings, Panumbras, or Umbras for short. They are the monsters that tear families apart in the dark, leaving nothing but grief and empty houses in their wake.
Julian is the village lantern-lighter, bound by duty to a thankless night patrol. Every evening, he lights the street lamps, carrying the only force believed to protect the town from the creeping horrors.
But with the lamps lit, why isn't the village a sanctuary? A terrifying question begins to haunt him.
Don't shadows need light? Has he been protecting the village - or unintentionally inviting them in?