The Orphan

By Jameson Ortiz

There's something wrong with the mountain.

It's in the water.
In the soil.
In the things people eat.

Ashmoth is a quiet mountain town, surrounded by dense forest and carved out by generations of mining.

But something in Ashmoth isn't right.

The land feels... off. And beneath the surface, it's changing the people who live there.

Robbie has lived in Ashmoth his whole life. He knows the forests, the roads, the silence that settles over the town at night. But when a desperate attempt to have what everyone else has sets something into motion, his life begins to unravel.

Soon, he's taken from town to a mansion hidden deep in the dark forest-where nothing is as it seems.

There are rules.

And a silence that comes to life.

As the line between reality and nightmare blurs, Robbie must find a way out-before he changes into something completely different... something no longer human.

Because in Ashmoth...
the land remembers.

And it doesn't let go.

Content Note

This book contains small-town mountain horror, environmental/eco horror, body horror, and graphic depictions of mutation and bodily deformity.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWN39ZWM
• ISBN13: 9798255658787
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"