In this stunning and atmospheric* contemporary fantasy and 2022 Locus Award Top Ten Finalist, when her siblings start to go missing, a girl must confront the Dark thing that lives in the forest--and the growing darkness in herself.
And that just might be the most dangerous thing of all..
But saving her siblings from the Forest might mean embracing the darkness. and so does the darkness inside her, the viciousness she wants to pretend doesn\'t exist. . .
As Derry spends more time amidst the trees, her magic grows more powerful .
Even if that means returning to the Forest that has started calling to Derry in her missing siblings\' voices.
Derry will risk anything to protect the family she has left.
When another sibling goes missing and their guardian\'s true colors start to show, feeling safe is no longer an option.
Jane and Derry swore to each other that they\'d never go into the forest, not after their last trip ended in blood, but Derry is sure she saw Jane walk into the trees.
Until the night her eldest sister disappears.
And Derry feels safe--most of the time.
After all, the world isn\'t safe for people with magic.
The man who raised them after their families abandoned them, says it\'s for their own good. (*Buzzfeed) Derry and her eight siblings live in an isolated house by the lake, separated from the rest of the world by an eerie and menacing forest.
In this stunning and atmospheric* contemporary fantasy and 2022 Locus Award Top Ten Finalist, when her siblings start to go missing, a girl must confront the Dark thing that lives in the forest--and the growing darkness in herself
