Some doors should never be opened. Something in the woods wants John to open this one.
John looks nine years old, but he carries memories of other lives and the power to cross worlds. Rome carries scars, a painful past, and a deep distrust of anything waiting behind a Door.
When a child follows a mysterious stranger into the woods, the two uncover a history of disappearances stretching back decades. A vanished house reappears. The dead call out in familiar voices. Something watches from beyond a threshold, wearing the faces of people they love.
It knows their memories.
It knows their weaknesses.
And it knew them before they ever met.
To uncover the truth, John and Rome must confront the lives they have left behind and a presence that turns grief, curiosity, and compassion into ways inside. John wants to understand what is waiting. Rome wants to make sure they both come home.
Bringing together the worlds of The Gift and The Door, Rome & John: Book One begins a dark fantasy and science fiction adventure filled with supernatural horror, sharp humor, and an unlikely friendship tested at the edge of reality.