A small town. A secret light. And the hunters who've finally found it.
Fourteen-year-old Mary Lanham has always lived a quiet, unremarkable life in the sleepy town of Chesset, Arkansas, with unhappy days at school giving way to lonely evenings in her hilltop home. Fair-weather friends and a hopeless crush on a boy she's never spoken to complete the picture. But when a creepy stranger in a long, gray cloak emerges from the forest one crisp, cold morning, her world is turned upside down.A centuries-old secret is revealed, a hidden truth about her family's past. As dark forces close in, Mary discovers that she is far more than an ordinary girl-she is the key to a destiny both greater and more terrifying than she ever imagined. With danger lurking at every turn, she must embrace her newfound power before everything she loves is lost forever.