The Night Vigil: A Thriller

By Scott P. Hicks

Every full moon, Hollow Creek loses someone.

This time, the darkness is waiting for the woman who came home to stop it.

Dr. Mara Ellison thought she left Hollow Creek behind for good. Ten years after walking away from the town that took her mother, she returns to find her brother wearing a badge, her neighbors living in fear, and another person gone from a locked room.

As the next full moon draws closer, Mara follows a trail of strange lights, missing townspeople, buried journals, and a secret lab hidden deep in the woods. What begins as a desperate search for answers becomes a race against something far older than the town itself, and far more dangerous than folklore.

Because the closer Mara gets to the truth, the worse it becomes.

- The disappearances are not random.
- Someone has been feeding the nightmare.
- The next full moon could tear Hollow Creek apart.

Now Mara and her brother Connor have only days to stop a force that can slip through walls, steal the living from their beds, and turn a small town's oldest fear into a slaughter.

With eerie folklore, buried family secrets, a hidden government experiment, and a relentless countdown toward one final night, The Night Vigil is a gripping supernatural thriller about what waits in the dark, what families carry for years, and how far one woman will go to save the town that never stopped haunting her.

Perfect for readers who want:

- A haunted small town soaked in dread
- A strong female lead with skin in the game
- A brother and sister fighting side by side
- Secret experiments colliding with ancient terror
- A full moon countdown with real stakes

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DTPYL22G
• ISBN13: 9798307811498
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"