Eli Grange returns to his childhood home after the sudden death of his mother, finding the farmhouse just as decayed and broken as the family he left behind. But something's not right. The land, the orchard, and a sealed pit beneath it hold secrets too dark to ignore. As Eli reconnects with his estranged brother, Silas, and uncovers strange clues about their father's past, he begins to unravel a mystery far deeper than death.
The Grange family has always been tied to the land in ways they don't understand, and the truth about their father's legacy-one of violence and a pact with an ancient force-is slowly revealed. A tree that never stops growing, a past that can't be buried, and a family cursed to relive its darkest moments.
Eli must face what he fears most-the truth about the curse that binds them all. But when the line between reality and something far darker begins to blur, can Eli break free of the past, or will it consume him like it has his family before?
What if you could never escape your own bloodline? What happens when the land you return to begins to reclaim you?