Some prayers are answered. Others are inherited.
When Sari, a childless woman desperate for a family, performs an ancient fertility ritual whispered through generations, she receives what she longs for: a baby left crying in a cradle beneath the sacred banyan tree. But the child is not entirely human... and neither is the one who delivered it.
Now, something stirs in the mirrors. Cradles rock on their own. And grief begins to wear a familiar smile.
As villagers welcome mysterious children that mirror the lost and unborn, Sari begins to unravel a chilling truth: the Kuntilanak, an ancient, vengeful spirit, has returned. Not with rage... but with love twisted into possession.
Caught between folklore and faith, memory and myth, Sari must confront a terrifying question:
What if the thing you cradled the longest... was never yours to keep?
A deeply atmospheric and emotionally haunting novel inspired by Indonesian folklore, Kuntilanak's Cradle is a tale of motherhood, memory, and the price of longing. In the village of Kalimukti, the past doesn't sleep, it rocks.