In 1971, twelve silent children emerged from an isolated Tennessee mountain that appeared on no official map. Authorities claimed they had been abandoned and quickly separated them. But the children knew the truth:
They had never been rescued.
Forty-four years later, Knoxville journalist David Hale receives a mysterious package containing an old photograph, a rusted identification bracelet, and a letter from Anna Veylor-the last survivor who remembers what happened beneath Briar Mountain.
Anna's story leads David into a forgotten history of vanished roads, secret government experiments, unidentified graves, and a farmhouse standing over something that should have remained sealed. At the center of it all are five boundary stones and an ancient presence that uses names, memories, and grief to create roads into the outside world.
As David uncovers the truth, he discovers that some stories are buried for a reason. Every name remembered strengthens the road. Every secret revealed opens another door.
And Briar Mountain has been waiting decades for someone to tell its story.
Hollow Ridge is an atmospheric supernatural mystery filled with forgotten children, buried identities, family secrets, and a mountain that never releases everything it takes.