One year after a storm took everything from her, Evelyn Harris is drowning in more than just grief.
Haunted by sea-soaked nightmares and the ghost of her fianc David and his daughter, Evelyn can barely distinguish sleep from waking. Then a mysterious brochure appears on her nightstand-an invitation to Amherst-by-the-Sea, a coastal town that promises peace and welcomes her home.
There's only one problem: Amherst doesn't exist on any map.
When Evelyn arrives, she finds a town shrouded in perpetual fog and darkness, where the dead walk into the ocean by the hundreds, distorted creatures hunt through derelict streets, and guilt manifests as something far worse than memory. The few residents who remain speak in riddles about storms, sacrifices, and a gong that echoes across the water with terrible purpose.
David is here. She can feel him. And if Evelyn can navigate the nightmare logic of Amherst's twisted reality-past the Executioner with his hooked blade, through streets that shift like dreams, and beyond the secrets that bind the town to its visitors-she might bring him back.
But in a place where 1,200 souls have already been claimed, what price will one more resurrection demand?
A psychological horror novel about grief, guilt, and the monsters we create when desperation collides with the supernatural. Perfect for fans of The Luminous Dead, House of Leaves, Silent Hill, and Fatal Frame-atmospheric horror with an emotional core.