The Ranch

By Althea Jackson

Welcome to The Ranch-where troubled boys are sent to earn redemption... and where none of them ever truly leave.

Hidden deep in the Pine Barrens, the Ranch promises discipline, structure, and second chances. But when the sun sinks behind the August cornfields, the real harvest begins. The buildings breathe. Shadows gather at the windows. And the boys hear things moving in the dark where nothing should be.
At the center of it all stands Sydney, the ranch's unnervingly youthful director. Her smile never fades. Her skin never ages. And her ledger-written in red-decides who "graduates."
When Bobby and the others uncover the truth behind the ritual, a desperate midnight escape becomes their only chance at survival. But the Pines are alive. The bogs are hungry. And Sydney is older-and hungrier-than any of them could have imagined.

Graduation isn't freedom. It's sacrifice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8QPN6F2
• ISBN13: 9798187154371
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"