Book Six of the Ashes & Echoes Series
By Matt Greeno
He doesn't want your soul. He wants your story.
Ezra Hale thought the curse ended with fire, ash, and silence. But when a stranger arrives in town selling oddities that feel too familiar-mirrors that never crack, bells that ring without sound, toys that remember-Ezra finds himself drawn into a darker legacy.
The man calls himself The Collector.
He knows names. He knows dates.
He knows Ezra's family.
Every item in The Collector's cart has a price-and Ezra is starting to suspect the currency is memory itself. As strange occurrences ripple through his town, and objects tied to the Hale bloodline begin resurfacing, Ezra must follow the trail backward-through orchards that bleed, ledgers that write themselves, and a town that doesn't exist on any map.
Because the Collector isn't gathering for profit.
He's gathering for something older.
And Ezra's name is already written down.